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Recent Examples of unchristian
One of the things President Trump has shaken up is the American church, where some people regard him as a very Christian president, and some people regard him as a very unchristian president.
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Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
On Tuesday, the House voted on a last-minute amendment attached to the budget bill that removed the $250,000 that was to go Memphis. House lawmakers from Memphis responded by calling it vile, racist and unchristian.
—Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2018
Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
On Tuesday, the House voted on a last-minute amendment attached to the budget bill that removed the $250,000 that was to go Memphis. House lawmakers from Memphis responded by calling it vile, racist and unchristian.
—Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unchristian
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In the northwest suburbs of Minneapolis, a man dressed as a cop shot two Democratic lawmakers and their spouses, killing the DFL speaker of the House and her husband in a barbarous (and politically motivated) atrocity.—
Jeffrey Blehar,
National Review,
14 June 2025
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Wednesday night’s barbarous shooting of two Israeli Embassy employees — gunned down, shot in the back allegedly by a pro-Palestinian activist while leaving a peace event at the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. — is more than a mere workaday atrocity.—
Jeffrey Blehar,
National Review,
23 May 2025
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In the height of World War II, Johann Schmidt uncovers a weapon called the Tesseract and is keen on unlocking its ungodly powers.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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To be sure, Musk still has an ungodly amount of money and an inarguably significant political win under his belt with the re-election of Trump.—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2025
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Under the Omanis, Zanzibar grew rich selling spices, ivory, and slaves, mostly non-Muslims from the interior, whom the island’s élites derided as washenzi, or uncivilized.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2022
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Forcing a woman to choose between jail and carrying her rapist's baby is uncivilized and medieval.—
CNN,
CNN,
27 June 2022
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Together, these unholy alliances change rules, fire bureaucrats, silence critics, and then eat up the country’s resources.—
Elizabeth David-Barrett,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Apr. 2025
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Given China’s unholy alliance with Russia, Iran, and North Korea — and America’s friendship ...—
Arthur Herman,
National Review,
3 Apr. 2025
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This results in undesirable responses from enterprise systems—and the outputs produced by these generative AI solutions are critical for end users.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Photo-illustration by Newsweek/Getty/Canva Buyers on Top The Austin housing market downturn does not mean that the city has now become undesirable for buyers—quite the opposite.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025
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Arriving in London, Jess has a chance encounter with Felix (Will Sharpe), a broke musician, in a particularly vile pub toilet.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
17 July 2025
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The tweets, a vile departure from Elmo’s often inspiring and motivational social media cadence, were sent on July 13 and promptly taken down.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
14 July 2025
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Close the blinds and curtains on sun-facing windows to block the sun's rays and avoid unwanted heat.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
22 July 2025
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Others who could leave in the coming weeks include Denmark defender Andreas Christensen, unwanted backup goalkeeper Inaki Pena, holding midfielder Oriol Romeu and last summer’s attacking signing Victor.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
22 July 2025
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Some of the bill's provisions may have unwelcome side effects, CNBC's Jon Fortt reports.—
Laya Neelakandan,
CNBC,
15 July 2025
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Earlier this year another unwelcome critter delayed a flight in Australia.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
10 July 2025
Cite this Entry
“Unchristian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unchristian. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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