unhallowed.

Not made sacred, or regarded as profane or spiritually tainted.

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Words that belong together

• unhallowed ground
• unhallowed place

On the page

The tale placed the graves on unhallowed ground.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror / gothic. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: atmosphere, description. Commonness: uncommon.