profane

Marked by contempt or irreverence for what is sacred.

Nonreligious in subject matter, form, or use; secular.

Not admitted into a body of secret knowledge or ritual; uninitiated.

Vulgar; coarse.

To treat with irreverence.

To put to an improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse.

Not sacred, or not devoted to sacred purposes; not possessing any peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; secular: as, a profane place; profane history (that is, history other than Biblical); profane authors.

Irreverent toward God or holy things; speaking or spoken, acting or acted, in manifest or implied contempt of sacred things; blasphemous: as, profane language; profane swearing.

Not initiated into certain religious rites; hence, of less dignity or standing; inferior; common.

Synonyms Temporal, unhallowed, unholy.