ILLEGITIMATE in a Sentence

Learn ILLEGITIMATE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for ILLEGITIMATE, such as:

1. and he had another illegitimate family of children also.
2. It is quite illegitimate to argue that the government had no choice.

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 Meanings and Examples of ILLEGITIMATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
illegitimate
 a.  not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper
Classic Sentence:
1  The divorced mother would have her own illegitimate family, in which his position as a stepson and his education would not be good.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 22
2  and he had another illegitimate family of children also.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 20
3  This stout young man was an illegitimate son of Count Bezukhov, a well-known grandee of Catherine's time who now lay dying in Moscow.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II
4  I am a woman, and you think we are all stupid; but I know this: an illegitimate son cannot inherit.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXI
Example Sentence:
1  It is quite illegitimate to argue that the government had no choice.
2  Culture will specify the relations that exist within the organisation and define what is to count as legitimate or illegitimate behaviour.
3  But now you know that it is the illegitimate offspring of a French opera-girl, you will perhaps think differently of your post and protegee.