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unsoldierly

adj · adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Not soldierly, not appropriate for a soldier.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • His desertion was condemned as an unsoldierly act of cowardice.
  • 1718, Alexander Pope, The Iliad of Homer, London: Bernard Lintot, Volume 4, Observations on the Fourteenth Book, Verse 81, p. 131, He does not say, to shun the Battel, for that had been unsoldierly, but he softens the Phrase, and calls it, to shun Evil:

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adv

Meaning 2

In a manner that is not appropriate for a soldier.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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adjective satellite

Meaning 3

not conforming to military standards

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • unsoldierly posture

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History

Etymology

From un- + soldierly.