unseemly
adjective
not seemly; not in keeping with established standards of taste or proper form; unbecoming or indecorous in appearance, speech, conduct, etc..
unseemliness
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a word derived from
unseemly.
Example Sentences
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The unseemliness of a highway that you find distasteful, but that started as a wagon road through the forest, and for decades has brought people in and out of Seattle.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2019
Even his latest straight job, as a manager of a nearly-deserted mobile phone store, requires a spice of unseemliness to keep him interested.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2018
Not all the extravagance in the world, not $50 billion, could hide that unseemliness.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2014
When he started to worry that this might arouse suspicions of unseemliness, he deposited each woman in a cab home and provided the fare.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2012
"What is the meaning of this unseemliness?" asked he, in well-known tones.
From Robin Hood by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
