Definition of unkosher - Reverso English Dictionary

Adjective

behavior

Rare

improper or questionable in nature

Rare

His actions were considered unkosher by the group.

improper

questionable

food

TECH.

not conforming to kosher dietary laws

TECH.

The restaurant served unkosher meals.

not kosher

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Origin of unkosher

Yiddish, treyf (not kosher)

Examples of unkosher in a sentence

Her unkosher remarks upset the committee.
He accidentally bought unkosher meat for the dinner.
The unkosher ingredients were removed from the recipe.

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French:peu orthodoxe, non casher, ...
German:unkoscher, ...
Italian:sospetto, non kosher, ...
Spanish:poco ético, no kosher, ...
Portuguese:impróprio, não permitido, ...
Chinese:不当的, 不符合犹太教饮食法规的, ...
Japanese:不適切な, 非コーシャーな, ...
Arabic:مَشْبُوه, غَيْر كُوشِير, ...
Hebrew:לֹא כָּשֵׁר, לֹא כָּשֵׁר, ...
Russian:некошерный, не соответствующий кошерным нормам, ...
Ukrainian:сумнівний, некошерний, ...
Hindi:अनुचित, गैर-कोशेर, ...
Bengali:অপ্রকৃত, অকোশের, ...
Catalan:impròpi, no kosher, ...
Czech:pochybný, nekošer, ...
Danish:upassende, ikke-kosher, ...
Dutch:niet koosjer, niet-koosjer, ...
Greek:μη κατάλληλος, μη κόσερ, ...
Hungarian:kétes, nem kóser, ...
Khmer:មិនសមរម្យ, មិនស្របតាមច្បាប់អាហារកូស៊ែរ, ...
Korean:부적절한, 코셔가 아닌, ...
Persian:نامناسب, غیرکوشر, ...
Polish:niewłaściwy, niekoszerny, ...
Portuguese (BR):impróprio, não kosher, ...
Romanian:nepotrivit, ne-kosher, ...
Swedish:otillbörlig, icke-kosher, ...
Thai:ไม่เหมาะสม, ไม่เป็นไปตามกฎโคเชอร์, ...
Turkish:uygunsuz, koşer olmayan, ...
Vietnamese:không đúng đắn, không kosher, ...

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