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

This is a position which does no one any harm, so it is absurd that it should be considered unpolite.

From Lalage's Lovers by Birmingham, George A.

But, amidst all her kindness and caresses, she very frequently turned her head aside, and whispered, with anxious earnestness, some order to her daughters, which never failed to send them out with unpolite precipitation.

From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Rhys, Ernest

“Indeed, Mr Musgrave, I have not,” replied she; “I was most anxious to see you, and have thought it very unpolite, I may add, unkind, on your part not to have come to me.”

From The Privateersman by Marryat, Frederick

Yes, for crossness and unpolite words and messing at table and—lots of things.

From Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)