unkosher

Not kosher.

Adjective

  1. Not kosher.
    • There are, according to Penansky, 4,000 ways a mezuzah can be "unkosher" (illegitimate): the parchment may tear or curl, a letter may have weakened. - 1988 September 2, Florence Hamlish Levinsohn, “A Special Connection...

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English kosher English unkosher From un- + kosher.

Synonyms

treyf nonkosher