noun, na-adjective
incivility; impoliteness
Archaic term for rudeness or lack of proper greeting; rarely used in modern Japanese, where 無礼 or 失礼 are more common.
古い文書では「不挨拶」を無礼の意味で使うことがある。
In old documents, 不挨拶 is sometimes used to mean rudeness.
Standard kanji spelling for this archaic term.
Variant kanji spelling using 無 instead of 不; both are attested.
Compound of 不 (negative prefix) and 挨拶 (greeting), literally 'without greeting'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it follows a common pattern of forming abstract nouns with 不.