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Undutiful

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Lacking a sense of duty.

adj. Unreliable or disobedient.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Not dutiful.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Not dutiful.

Not characterized by a sense of duty or obedience; rebellious; irreverent.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. lacking due respect or dutifulness

Word Usage

"There is no reason why a daughter should be called "undutiful" or "selfish" who is absorbed in her own work than why a son should be so esteemed when there is no special reason why other members of the family should hold that daughter's time and effort at their disposal."

Equivalent

disrespectful

Antonym

obedient

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

dutiless remiss disobedient

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

disobedient disrespectful perfidious discourteous contumacious