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impious

adjective
🔊/ɪmˈpaɪəs/, 🔊/ˈɪmpiəs/
🔊/ɪmˈpaɪəs/, 🔊/ˈɪmpiəs/
 (formal)
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  1. showing a lack of respect for God and religion（对上帝或宗教）不敬的，不恭的 opposite piousTopics Religion and festivalsc2
    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin impius (from in- ‘not’ + pius ‘dutiful, pious’) + -ous.