Unmonklike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Uncharacteristic of a monk; not monklike.

    "Roach founds a remote spiritual retreat in Arizona and moves his followers away from traditional Tibetan Buddhism by emphasizing its more controlling aspects and having lots of unmonklike sex on long silent-meditation retreats."

Example

More examples

"Roach founds a remote spiritual retreat in Arizona and moves his followers away from traditional Tibetan Buddhism by emphasizing its more controlling aspects and having lots of unmonklike sex on long silent-meditation retreats."

Etymology

From un- + monklike.

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