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

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'

So pulling out one letter after another, and reading them in company, or cutting or pairing one's nails, is unpolite and rude.

From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by Moore, John Hamilton

To be sure, he is far from being a polite man: yet is not directly and characteristically, as I may say, unpolite.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 by Richardson, Samuel

Very rude, indeed, madam; most excessively unpolite of Mr M——.

From Newton Forster by Marryat, Frederick