unfilial
Example Sentences
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The repudiation is expressed in the words, “You are not my father,” but it may be intended to cover all unfilial conduct.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns
Seeing his wretched state, Periander took pity on him and bade him come home and no longer indulge in such foolish and unfilial behavior.
From Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
Give me the will which was made in the interests of so unfilial a son by his mother.
From The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura by Harold Edgeworth Butler
Once across the border Elizabeth would have no power over her, and her son, unfilial though he hath shown himself, could not for very shame refuse her safe asylum.
From In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls by Clyde Osmer De Land
Constantine was neither precocious nor unfilial, but in his twenty-second year he rebelled against his mother's dictation, and took his place at the helm of the state.
From The Byzantine Empire by Charles William Chadwick Oman
