unmonklike

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ monklike.

Adjective

unmonklike (comparative more unmonklike, superlative most unmonklike)

  1. Uncharacteristic of a monk; not monklike.
    • 2015 April 4, “Sex and death on a doomed search for enlightenment”, in Maclean's, Toronto, Ont.: St. Joseph Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-04:
      Roach founds a remote spiritual retreat in Arizona and moves his followers away from traditional Tibetan Buddhism by emphasizing its more controlling aspects and having lots of unmonklike sex on long silent-meditation retreats.