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Meanings of unparliamentary in English

Unparliamentary.

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          1
          He was unparliamentary from the beginning to the end of his speech.
          The American Union Speaker
          2
          Mr Bannon demanded to know if she had used unparliamentary language towards him.
          The Irish Times
          3
          It is in this, that he differs from mere unparliamentary men.
          Reprinted Pieces
          4
          There can be no more of this unparliamentary and irregular nonsense.
          The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot
          5
          They stormed only because he made an unparliamentary use of his constitutional right.
          The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
          6
          He could even drive the buttoned-up Wilson to clench his fist and use 'unparliamentary language'.
          The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
          7
          There was a good deal of unparliamentary language, expressed in tones both loud and deep.
          Round About the Carpathians
          8
          The Comic Speaker said he rather thought FARNSWORTH was a coward, but assassin was unparliamentary.
          Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 15, July 9, 1870
          9
          In fact, some of Wolf's language was almost unparliamentary.
          The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
          10
          There was a good deal of unparliamentary language.
          Tracks of a Rolling Stone
          11
          Instead he said: At today's FMQs I made a comment which I now understand to be unparliamentary.
          BBC
          12
          John Bercow said he empathised with Cooper but Cameron's use of language was neither disorderly nor unparliamentary.
          The Guardian
          13
          In France, unparliamentary government was prolonged by the victory of the crown for a century and three-quarters.
          The History of England - a Study in Political Evolution
          14
          Addington politely hinted that the words were unparliamentary, but suggested that the Minister should give an explanation.
          William Pitt and the Great War
          15
          If it is not unparliamentary to suggest it, I will remark that both are equal to it.
          The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
          16
          I will not call him villain, because it would be unparliamentary, and he is a privy counsellor.
          The American Union Speaker
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