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
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When Humble saw what we had done he acted real unpolite.
From The Orphan by Mulford, Clarence E.
She had often observed, that the blunt method of contradicting, which some bosom friends practise in conversation, is of sovereign power to provoke; and this consequently, though unpolite, she disdained not to imitate.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 06 by Edgeworth, Maria
Mr. Frederick Montague, I'm sure, is too well-bred a young gentleman to do so unpolite, so ungallant a thing!'
From The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children by Edgeworth, Maria
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.