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un⋅hal⋅lowed

  [uhn-hal-ohd]
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–adjective
1. not hallowed or consecrated; not regarded as holy or sacred: unhallowed ground.
2. impious; unholy.
3. wicked or sinful: unhallowed practices.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME unhalewed, OE unhālghod, ungehālghod; see un- 1 , hallowed

un⋅hal⋅low

  [uhn-hal-oh]
–verb (used with object)
to desecrate; profane.
Origin:
1525–35; un- 2 + hallow 1
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un·hal·low   (ŭn-hāl'ō)   
tr.v.   un·hal·lowed, un·hal·low·ing, un·hal·lows Archaic
To violate the holiness of; profane or desecrate.
un·hal·lowed   (ŭn-hāl'ōd)   
adj.  
  1. Not hallowed or consecrated.
    1. Lacking reverence; impious or irreligious.
    2. Not conforming to accepted ethical standards; immoral.
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Unhallowed

Un*hal"lowed\, a. [Pref. un- not + hallowed.] Not consecrated; hence, profane; unholy; impious; wicked.

In the cause of truth, no unhallowed violence . . . is either necessary or admissible. --E. D. Griffin.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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unhallowed 
O.E. unhalgod, from un- (1) "not" + pp. of hallow.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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