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

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

When Bess gave her Dollies a Tea, said she,— "It's unpolite, when they's Company, To say you've drinked two cups, you see,— But say you've drinked a couple of tea."

From The Book of Joyous Children by Vawter, Will

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'

He is unpolite, cruel, insolent, unwise, a trifler in his own happiness.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 by Richardson, Samuel