Undutiful

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not dutiful.

    "I know my duty; you are all undutiful: Lascivious Edward, and thou perjured George, And thou mis-shapen Dick, I tell ye all I am your better, traitors as ye are: And thou usurp’st my father’s right and mine."

Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking due respect or dutifulness wordnet

Synonyms

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aberrantapostateatheisticbackslidingblasphemousdecadent

Antonyms

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Example

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"Lady Stair sent him for answer, that her daughter, sensible of her undutiful behaviour in entering into a contract unsanctioned by her parents, had retracted her unlawful vow, and now refused to fulfil her engagement with him."

Etymology

From un- + dutiful.

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