unchristianlike

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

un- +‎ Christianlike or un- +‎ Christian +‎ -like

Adjective

unchristianlike (comparative more unchristianlike, superlative most unchristianlike)

  1. Not Christian-like.
    Antonym: Christian-like

Usage notes
  • Of the forms unchristianlike, unchristian-like, un-Christianlike, and un-Christian-like, unchristianlike is most common.[1] As of 2022, unchristianlike is about twice as common as un-Christian-like but it used to be many more times more common.[2] GPO manual recommends using a hyphen with words ending in -like when the first element is a proper name;[3] unchristianlike is at odds with this recommendation.

References
  1. unchristianlike,un-Christianlike,un-Christian-like, unchristian-like at Google Ngram Viewer
  2. unchristianlike,([un - Christian - like*2)] at Google Ngram Viewer
  3. 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
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