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

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.

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

"He is so jolly green!" said Charley, when he recovered, as an apology to the company for his unpolite behaviour.

From Ten Boys from Dickens by Williams, George Alfred

These disputes, it has been affirmed, sometimes happen at a consultation of regular physicians, and a patient has been so unpolite as to die before they could determine on the name of his disorder.

From The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency by Trusler, John