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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
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In the northwest suburbs of Minneapolis, a man dressed as a cop shot two Democratic lawmakers and their spouses, killing the DFL speaker of the House and her husband in a barbarous (and politically motivated) atrocity.—
Jeffrey Blehar,
National Review,
14 June 2025
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The barbarous relic has glittered amidst the financial carnage.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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There are several other unfortunate factors in this ungodly situation.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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In the height of World War II, Johann Schmidt uncovers a weapon called the Tesseract and is keen on unlocking its ungodly powers.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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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
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The real fiends were the ones who perverted science, who attacked this misunderstood giant out of fear, who branded him as something unholy and unworthy to exist, who gave him life but didn’t give him love.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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There will be many users who don't like the idea of an AI startup or an unholy alliance of venture capital firms owning Chrome.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
12 Aug. 2025
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But this always left the undesirable areas to the new arrivals.—
Jack Hargreaves,
The Dial,
9 Sep. 2025
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Stadiums must be domed for the simple reason that the Super Bowl occurring in February, which could be terrible for many of the states that experience rain, snow, and more undesirable weather for playing football.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The lingering effects of an incident so vile occurring within Burning man’s sweet bubble are bound to affect people for a long time.—
Denver Nicks,
Rolling Stone,
14 Sep. 2025
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This vile, heartless remark is completely unacceptable—especially from someone entrusted with our children.—
Amy DeLaura,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Friends of mine received unwanted explicit snaps from male peers, some were contacted by complete strangers, and many were bullied on the platform.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
12 Sep. 2025
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That question has been top of mind for a research team at Georgia Tech, which is working to develop an optimal robotic guide dog platform, one that provides both reliability and safety for users, while also fitting into the physical world without drawing unwanted attention.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
11 Sep. 2025
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Either way, this is an unwelcome distraction that will linger.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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An unwelcome raise Working-age Americans who get health insurance through their jobs will soon confront an unpleasant fact – the largest health insurance rate increases since 2010, reports my colleague Ken Alltucker.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Unchristian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unchristian. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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