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Recent Examples of unchristian
One of the things President Trump has shaken up is the American church, where some people regard him as a very Christian president, and some people regard him as a very unchristian president.
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Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
On Tuesday, the House voted on a last-minute amendment attached to the budget bill that removed the $250,000 that was to go Memphis. House lawmakers from Memphis responded by calling it vile, racist and unchristian.
—Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2018
Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
On Tuesday, the House voted on a last-minute amendment attached to the budget bill that removed the $250,000 that was to go Memphis. House lawmakers from Memphis responded by calling it vile, racist and unchristian.
—Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unchristian
Adjective
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How does Reed manage to revisit some of the world’s most barbarous acts without succumbing to despair?—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2024
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Any slip-up or act of insubordination, no matter how small, results in immediate death from the barbarous SS members running the camp.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Mainly because soul tie enthusiasts don’t do a good job delineating the difference between godly and ungodly connections.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
27 Mar. 2025
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The plan is to engineer it for an ungodly output of 1,500 hp, while keeping its weight just under 1,543 lb (700 kg).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Under the Omanis, Zanzibar grew rich selling spices, ivory, and slaves, mostly non-Muslims from the interior, whom the island’s élites derided as washenzi, or uncivilized.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2022
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Forcing a woman to choose between jail and carrying her rapist's baby is uncivilized and medieval.—
CNN,
CNN,
27 June 2022
Adjective
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Together, these unholy alliances change rules, fire bureaucrats, silence critics, and then eat up the country’s resources.—
Elizabeth David-Barrett,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Apr. 2025
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Given China’s unholy alliance with Russia, Iran, and North Korea — and America’s friendship ...—
Arthur Herman,
National Review,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Confidence is being incredibly comfortable with the fact that good decisions sometimes lead to undesirable outcomes.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Read Next State Politics Lawmakers want Idaho ‘undesirable’ for undocumented immigrants, target health care March 11, 2025 3:17 PM Read Next State Politics Immigration is a hot topic.—
Carolyn Komatsoulis,
Idaho Statesman,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The imitation Punisher logo on Cole’s bullet was no act of flattery, but the most vile of insults.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2025
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Fans, some of them little kids parroting what their parents were saying, called him vile names.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Some of his misery has resulted from brilliant deflections or bad bounces off of his defencemen, but Hellebuyck is responsible for enough of his problems to earn the unwanted attention.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Dating is replete with awkward moments, from overcompensating for unwanted pauses in conversation to missing social cues to basic miscommunications and misunderstandings.—
Myisha Battle,
Time,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The latter are destined to encounter surprises, usually unwelcome ones, as a result of their differences in operating modes, which can derail a relationship by violating the expectations captured by the plan.—
Kate Vitasek,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Too many university departments are ideological monocultures, with evangelical Christians and social conservatives often left to feel unwelcome.—
Nicholas D. Kristof,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Unchristian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unchristian. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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