Meaning

Not vegan..

Example Sentences

Lactic acid: a byproduct of both animal and plant metabolism, so it’s not always unvegan; found in some fermented foods and body care products.

Since “steak knife” sounds really “unvegan” we'll call it the “seitan knife” for now.

I first made this recipe in the very unvegan Flagstaff, Arizona, for a dinner party attended by 80 percent omnivores. […] Inspired by an original most unvegan recipe by Emeril Lagasse and Jessie Tirsch.

Even the tiniest bit of chometz would render the water unusable. (That’s similar to how using the tiniest bit of animal product would render a person completely un[-]vegan in some people’s eyes.)

Although the chips weren’t unvegan, they were unhealthy.

As vegan parents, we are also always prepared to replace unvegan passages with vegan phrases in children’s books and songs to reinforce the philosophy and lifestyle we want to instill in them from an early age. […] The fact that an omnivore could enjoy a fully vegan meal, for some reason, inspires them to mention it would be better with meat. They want to be as unvegan as possible when this argument is used.

She hoped her dad wouldn’t insist on them dining together tonight, because she wanted to drown her sorrows in a big, very unhealthy, very unvegan chocolate milkshake.

However, if you are a strict vegan or baking for a strict vegan, the traditional processing of cane sugar uses char from animal bones to break down and bleach the granules, which makes the sugar “unvegan.”

Word Forms

• more unvegan
• most unvegan
• un-vegan

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When Should You Use Unvegan?

Use unvegan when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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