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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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An unholy brew of ownership issues, leadership vacuums, stubbornness, terrible hires and nostalgia forced the orange and blue to spend a decade in the NFL wilderness before Dove Valley tasted the playoffs again.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
23 Mar. 2025
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This sound, we’re meant to understand, is the unholy sound that the Yellowjackets have been hearing in the woods.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The neighborhood was affordable, which is to say, undesirable.—
Murr Brewster,
Christian Science Monitor,
16 Apr. 2025
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If their CoT doesn't faithfully reference all factors influencing their answers (like hints or reward hacks), monitoring them for undesirable or rule-violating behaviors becomes substantially more difficult.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Snow White gets a much more meaningful backstory The original Disney film begins with a few short sentences about how Snow White was forced to work as a scullery maid for her vile stepmother, the Queen.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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Newsweek's efforts to politicize the death of these individuals, including the reporter's request to confirm names and locations of death, are vile.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But the immediate pain is being felt by Anglo American which has been trying to sell its 85% stake in De Beers as part of a defensive move against an unwanted $49 million takeover offer from the world’s biggest mining company, BHP.—
Tim Treadgold,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Several viewers on Reddit have shared their own similar experiences with unwanted calls in the comments.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Out-of-control government spending at the state and national levels and stifling regulations have made Illinois an unwelcome place to do business.—
Chris Miller,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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But those tariffs are expected to send prices skyrocketing in the interim, an unwelcome development for Americans already struggling with years of elevated prices.—
Tony Romm,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Unchristian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unchristian. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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