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# unholy

adjective

«unholy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Wicked or sinful, not holy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unholy/#m1)
2. (informal) Very bad or great: «an unholy mess». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unholy/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales the spell or creature is wicked and evil; in everyday talk it describes a mess or noise

### Examples

- The witch cast an unholy spell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unholy/#x1)
- There was an unholy racket in the kitchen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unholy/#x2)
- The ghost wandered from its grave on unholy nights. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unholy/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unholy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unholy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unholy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unholy.html) on Mova free.