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

The debt to Mr. Reid is £25; and here is a certain paper which gives me the power to do an unpolite thing.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII by Wilson, John Mackay

Yes, for crossness and unpolite words and messing at table and—lots of things.

From Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)

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

“Indeed, Mr Musgrave, I have not,” replied she; “I was most anxious to see you, and have thought it very unpolite, I may add, unkind, on your part not to have come to me.”

From The Privateersman by Marryat, Frederick