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Definitions

unseemly

[uhn-seem-lee] / ʌnˈsim li /
ADJECTIVE
improper; in bad taste
Synonyms
STRONGEST
inappropriate indecent tawdry undignified untoward
WEAK
cheap coarse crude discreditable disreputable in poor taste inapt incorrect indecorous indelicate inelegant inept malapropos malodorous out of keeping out of place poor raffish rough rowdy rude ruffian unapt unbecoming unbefitting ungodly unrefined unsuitable vulgar wrong
Antonyms
STRONGEST
proper suitable
WEAK
appropriate de rigueur due fitting seemly suited

Example Sentences

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It only matters to us that Les manages to return Lindy to her former status; his thirst for recognition is represented as pathetic and unseemly.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

It is unseemly, it is childish, and it is thoroughly un-American.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2025

These predictions—and still more disturbing ones—both confuse and enrage Oedipus, and lead him to accuse Creon of unseemly ambition and betrayal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

But to turn to Bardella too quickly would be unseemly.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2025

In comparison, the sorts of sights offered in such places as Africa and America, though undoubtedly very exciting, would, I am sure, strike the objective viewer as inferior on account of their unseemly demonstrativeness.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro