unpolite

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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

After this harangue, a Pharisee, who to judge of him by his conduct had been noways moved by Jesus, invited the orator to dinner; but he used him in the most unpolite manner.

From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Holbach, Paul Henry Thiry Baron d'

At the same time many are unpolite, not because they mean to be so, but because they are awkward, and perhaps know no better.

From How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success by Calhoon, Major A.R.

"We will not be so unpolite as to keep the gentleman waiting," said Fink, pushing back the bolts, and appearing unarmed on the threshold.

From Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag by Freytag, Gustav

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