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un⋅ho⋅ly

  [uhn-hoh-lee]
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–adjective, -li⋅er, -li⋅est.
1. not holy; not sacred or hallowed.
2. impious; sinful; wicked.
3. Informal. dreadful; ungodly: They got us out of bed at the unholy hour of three in the morning.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE unhālig (c. D onheilig, ON ūheilagr). See un- 1 , holy

Related forms:
un⋅ho⋅li⋅ness, noun
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Word Origin & History

unholy 
O.E. unhalig, "impious, profane, wicked," from un- (1) "not" + halig (see holy). Cf. M.Du. onheilich, O.N. uheilagr, Dan. unhellig, Swed. ohelig. In ref. to actions, it is attested from 1382. Colloquial sense of "awful, dreadful" is recorded from 1842.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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