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Unparliamentary

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

adj. Not in accord with parliamentary procedure.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. unsuitable to be used in parliament

adj. contrary to the rules of parliament

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Not parliamentary; contrary to the practice of parliamentary bodies.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Contrary to the usages or rules of proceeding in Parliament or in any legislative (or by extension deliberative) body; not such as can be used or uttered in Parliament or any legislative body: as, unparliamentary language.

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

adj. so rude and abusive as to be unsuitable for parliament

Word Usage

"Immigration officials have complained that Karygiannis, the MP for Ontario's Scarborough-Agincourt riding, has used what they call unparliamentary language on multiple occasions in dealing with staff and takes an aggressive tone with civil servants."

Equivalent

impolite

Form

unparliamentary language

Same Context

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