😠 Not kind or caring 🚫 Not Christian

unchristian

7.1

Not relating to the religion that follows the teachings of Jesus

adjective
/ʌnˈkrɪs.tʃən/

: no cristiano

In leaving the Commander to burn with the unchristian sinner, God reveals their essential similarity at the same time that He returns the burden of vengeance and violence back to man and woman, who are its true originators and perpetrators.

Examples

Unchristian thoughts.

The Gift (2000)
Well, um, certain overtures have been made to me, rather dark, and shall I say, unchristian overtures.

The Pale Blue Eye (2022)
Meanwhile, can we start calling them the "UNChristian Religious WRONG"?

Blog text (34)
"The abolitionist position was unchristian.

Academic text (2004)
You're insinuating... To a Jew that my quotation in the New Testament would be unchristian.

Mayerling (1968)
Many people believe that exploiting the vulnerable is unchristian behavior.
His refusal to help those in need was seen as an unchristian attitude by the community.
The harsh treatment of prisoners is often considered unchristian by modern standards.

Synonyms

nonchristian

vsunchristian

6.1

Not part of the Christian religion

is broader, meaning not relating to or characteristic of that faith

christless

vsunchristian

Archaic

9.9

Not believing in Jesus or following the religion about him

is about absence of personal belief rather than general nonrelation to the faith

Antonyms

Christian

207 2.8

Acting kindly and forgiving in the way Jesus taught

Surface Forms

unchristian positive

Morphology

unchristian = christian (transparent) = un + christian

A direct negation formed by productive English prefix 'un-' + 'christian', so the meaning 'not relating to Christianity' is immediately derivable.

Etymology

Unchristian is made of un- meaning 'not' and Christian, which comes from Christ, the name for Jesus. So, it means 'not of the Christian religion'.