unholy

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At the moment he would have bartered his soul in exchange for the unholy, the nameless rapture of the vagabond and the gipsy, of all the neglected and the despised of civilization.

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  1. adjective Wicked; immoral.
  2. adjective Not hallowed or consecrated.
  3. adjective Informal Outrageous: took unholy risks to win the downhill race.

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  • It sounds unholy, and completely unfit for a girl to be interested in,' I told her sternly. —  Hobb, Robin - The Soldier Son 01 - Shaman's Crossing (v2.0)
  • Henry Owings talks about the unholy, and hilarious, —  Portland Mercury
  • "The alliance is neither unholy, nor it is over," he said, distancing the party from the statement of senior leader Satyavrat Chaturvedi, a known detractor of SP leader Amar Singh, who had dubbed the tie-up as "unholy". —  Latest News Online - The Indian Express
  • For on that day, my drunken Catholic servants diddle their unholy areas and pray to ME!
  • As "John Halifax" says in refusing the hand of a nobleman for his daughter, "In marriage there must be unity--one aim, one faith, one love--or the marriage is imperfect, unholy, a mere civil contract, and no more." —  Practical Ethics
 

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