Meaning of unBritish | Babel Free

Definitions

Not British, or not living up to what is supposed or expected of the British.

Examples

“Apart from the fact that the latter alternative is un-British, and an undesirable system, the dairying community, as a whole, is in no better position.”

“Anxieties about the general economic and political decline⟳ of Britain became projected onto black youth, the image of the unBritish black 'immigrant' […]”

“In a perfect world no Londoner will be misguided enough to vote⟳ for extreme parties, but what would be far more sensible would be put⟳ the genie of proportional representation, an imported Continental invention and decidedly unbritish, back in the bottle and keep⟳ our traditional election system.”

“Here Pearson (1983) was at pains to bring⟳ a historical perspective to the apparently new and by definition unBritish crime of 'mugging' […]”

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