unpolite

Example Sentences

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These raw, rude, thoroughly unpolite shows open a window on a brand new England, from the gritty Bosnian-war drama Peacekeepers to the Lynchian small-town comic horrors of The League of Gentlemen.

From Time Magazine Archive

"He is unpolite, my sister," cried Marguerite, laughing.

From St George's Cross by Keene, H. G. (Henry George)

Mr. B. cannot be unpolite, in the main; but he is cold, and a little cross, and short in his speeches to me.

From Pamela, Volume II by Richardson, Samuel

So pulling out one letter after another, and reading them in company, or cutting or pairing one's nails, is unpolite and rude.

From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by Moore, John Hamilton

To be sure, he is far from being a polite man: yet is not directly and characteristically, as I may say, unpolite.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 by Richardson, Samuel