unfilial

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It is indeed difficult, given the circumstances, to blame Frederick's unfilial conduct in this matter.

From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose

She excludes her devoted husband from the inheritance in favour of her most unfilial son?

From The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura by Butler, Harold Edgeworth

The repudiation is expressed in the words, “You are not my father,” but it may be intended to cover all unfilial conduct.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)

I would appeal to heaven, but the sun and moon have no favour for an unfilial son.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)

Seeing his wretched state, Periander took pity on him and bade him come home and no longer indulge in such foolish and unfilial behavior.

From Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles