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Antonyms for undutiful


Grammar : Adj
Spell : doo-tuh-fuhl, dyoo-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdu tə fəl, ˈdyu-



Definition of undutiful

Origin :
  • 1550s, from duty + -ful. Related: Dutifully.
  • As in traitorous : adj disloyal
  • As in treasonous : adj disloyal
  • As in treasonable : adj treasonous
  • As in impious : adj not religious
Example sentences :
  • Come not near us, if you have resolve to be undutiful: but this, after what I have written, I hope you cannot be.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • I don't know what you do mean; but I'm glad to hear you are not so undutiful as I thought you were.
  • Extract from : « Sarah's School Friend » by May Baldwin
  • "It was worse than foolish; it was wrong and undutiful," he declared.
  • Extract from : « The New Tenant » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • This was to typify to him his own undutiful and unnatural behavior.
  • Extract from : « Richard I » by Jacob Abbott
  • I look upon it as disobedient and undutiful and—and cowardly.
  • Extract from : « Dead Man's Land » by George Manville Fenn
  • The father joined in the upbraiding, the disowning of an undutiful daughter.
  • Extract from : « Immortal Memories » by Clement Shorter
  • And what advice or assistance does so undutiful a child deserve?
  • Extract from : « Snarley-yow » by Frederick Marryat
  • Even according to his own idea of right, he had been undutiful in his conduct to his father.
  • Extract from : « The Inglises » by Margaret Murray Robertson
  • "Certainly not," cried the young girl with undutiful positiveness.
  • Extract from : « The Burgomaster's Wife, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • Is this the way you show your obedience, you undutiful wretch?
  • Extract from : « Lady Eureka, v. 2 (of 3) » by Robert Folkestone Williams

Synonyms for undutiful

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