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- adjective Not
British , or not living up to what is supposed or expected of the British.
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Examples
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A government minister has signalled that a French-style ban on women wearing burqas is unlikely to be replicated in the UK, because, he said, the idea was "unBritish" and "undesirable".
Copying French ban on burqa would be un-British, says minister 2010
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By Mr Straw's account of history, surely this makes the Blair Government "unBritish"?
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By Mr Straw's account of history, surely this makes the Blair Government "unBritish"?
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By Mr Straw's account of history, surely this makes the Blair Government "unBritish"?
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A government minister has signalled that a French-style ban on women wearing burqas is unlikely to be replicated in the UK, because, he said, the idea was "unBritish" and
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A government minister has signalled that a French-style ban on women wearing burqas is unlikely to be replicated in the UK, because, he said, the idea was "unBritish" and
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Those snobs who spoke out in the first days after her death, already and quite incorrectly slamming the tearful displays as "unBritish", are quite happy to be moved by art.
Victoria Coren: why I shall be up at dawn to watch the royal family in all its bizarre glory 2011
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They seemed to regard his ambition as undignified and unBritish.
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They seemed to regard his ambition as undignified and unBritish.
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Cameron continued to make his claim that AV is unBritish, undemocratic and likely to favour extremists.
Cameron steps up AV attack while celebrities rally to the cause 2011
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