unsoldierlyadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈsəʊldʒəli/, U.S. /ˌənˈsoʊldʒərli/ (un- prefix1 1.)
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > [adjective] > befitting soldier > not
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1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres ii. 29 [An] vnsoldiarly trick of a training captaine.
1644 W. Prynne & C. Walker True Relation Prosecution N. Fiennes 33 The most absurd, irrational, if not unsoldierly distinction, that ever was heard of in the world.
1693 T. Rymer Short View Trag. sig. K5v The General should have turn'd his Eyes away from so unsouldierly an Execution.
1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 318 Avoiding..the putting any unsoldierly Extremities upon us.
1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea II. 356 This movement..was scarcely wrong or unsoldierly.
1895 Eclectic Mag. Mar. 294 The unsoldierly appearance of a dandified subaltern.
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