unholy
adjective/ʌnˈhəʊli/
/ʌnˈhəʊli/
- dangerous; likely to be harmful
- an unholy alliance between the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry
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- not respecting the laws of a religion opposite holy
- [only before noun] (informal) used to emphasize how bad something is
- She wondered how she had got into this unholy mess.
- There was an unholy row going on next door.
Word OriginOld English unhālig (see un-, holy).
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