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incivil
/ɪnˈsɪv.ɪl/
adj 2
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3ADJ.
criminal, existing, rude
INCIVIL + NOUN
habits
ADV.
essentially
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adj
1
Displaying a lack of courtesy; rude, impolite.
"No matter how rude or incivil the existing habits of behavior, in other words, if the creature was in fact a human being, then he/she was necessarily endowed with a soul and thus with a capacity of understanding at least sufficient to absorb and retain Europe's instruction."
2
Uncivilized, barbarous.
Oft haue I heard your Maieſtie complain, Of Tamburlaine that ſturdie Scythian thiefe, That robs your merchants of Perſepolis, Trading by land vnto the westerne Iſles, And in your confines with his lawleſſe traine, Daily commits inciuill outrages.
"It will be essentially incivil and criminal."
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"No matter how rude or incivil the existing habits of behavior, in other words, if the creature was in fact a human being, then he/she was necessarily endowed with a soul and thus with a capacity of u
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Oft haue I heard your Maieſtie complain, Of Tamburlaine that ſturdie Scythian thiefe, That robs your merchants of Perſepolis, Trading by land vnto the westerne Iſles, And in your confines with his law
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"It will be essentially incivil and criminal."
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