unchaste

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And seeing the honour that was shown to the deceased, such women as were wanton and unchaste resolved to amend their lives.

From The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. I. (of V.) by Saintsbury, George

Iachimo comes to England, and by a trick obtains evidence that convinces Posthumus that Imogen is unchaste.

From William Shakespeare by Masefield, John

Impure, im-pūr′, adj. mixed with other substances: defiled by sin: unholy: unchaste: unclean.—adv.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

On the other hand, each generation becomes more disinclined to work, and its vagrants multiply; each generation more prone to live by crime, more unchaste, and more quick to desert their conjugal partners and children.

From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin

It is evidently an incorrect use of language to describe the unmarried women of a tribe as unchaste, unless there is a rule for them.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham