unvegan

comparative more unvegan · superlative most unvegan · alternative un-vegan

1. Not vegan.

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

   2016, Joseph J. Luciani, “Why You Crave Food, and What You Can Do About It”, in Thin from Within: The Powerful Self-Coaching Program for Permanent Weight Loss, AMACOM, →ISBN, page 40

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   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.

   2008, Jae Steele, Get It Ripe: A Fresh Take on Vegan Cooking and Living, Arsenal Pulp Press, →ISBN

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

   2009, Alicia C. Simpson, Quick & Easy Vegan Comfort Food: Over 150 Great-Tasting, Down-Home Recipes and 65 Everyday Meal Ideas for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner, New York, N.Y.: The Experiment, →ISBN, page 27

   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.

   2010, Jenn Shagrin, Veganize This!: From Surf & Turf to Ice-Cream Pie, Da Capo Press, →ISBN

   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.)

   2015, Yonassan Gershom, Kapporos Then and Now: Toward a More Compassionate Tradition, Lulu Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 161

   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.

   2017, Eric C. Lindstrom, The Skeptical Vegan: My Journey from Notorious Meat Eater to Tofu-Munching Vegan—A Survival Guide, Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN

   Synonyms: nonvegan