unfilial
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9.9
- adjective
- /ʌnˈfɪliəl/
:
no filial
- "People go on about unfilial children, and a child who dies before his parents is the most unfilial of all."
Examples
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The idea of the nursing home has become a convenient excuse for unfilial people to "dump" their elderly parents there.
Blog text (17) -
Were the elderly fathers of the Chinese Revolution subconsciously eradicating an unfilial generation of China's youth?
Academic text (1990) -
"People go on about unfilial children, and a child who dies before his parents is the most unfilial of all."
Fiction book (1996) -
Among all the unfilial things, the worst is childlessness.
Fiction book (1994) -
In this way, I don't think that putting your parents in a nursing home should automatically condemn an individual as unfilial.
Blog text (17) -
But you're not unfilial.
Fiction book (1996) -
This seemed to me much on the same lines as to say, by a stretch of courtesy (which the university authorities would certainly not allow), that one of our own students had graduated who had passed all the necessary examinations but had not paid the final fee of 1 for enrollment in the General Council, and, as a necessary corollary to such unfilial conduct, lost the imprimatur of the Vice-Chancellor's "tammy."
Academic text (1999) -
She was often criticized for being an unfilial daughter, as she rarely visited her parents.
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Many consider it unfilial to place elderly parents in a care facility instead of caring for them at home.
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His unfilial behavior shocked the family, particularly his mother, who had sacrificed so much for him.
Synonyms
30
4.2
Not supporting or being faithful to people you should support
2
5.6
Not showing care or warmth to other people
Not showing proper respect or care toward parents and other people in charge
Antonyms
How Filial
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unfilial begins with the part un- meaning 'not' and the part filial, from Latin filius meaning 'son' or 'daughter'. So unfilial means 'not' acting like a respectful, caring child and not showing the duty we expect toward parents.