unseemly
Use Unseemly in a sentence
li adjective
1.
not seemly; not in keeping with established standards of taste or proper form; unbecoming or indecorous in appearance, speech, conduct, etc.: an unseemly act; unseemly behavior.
2.
inappropriate for time or place: an unseemly hour.
adverb
3.
in an unseemly manner.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | not in good style or taste; unbecoming |
| 2. | obsolete unattractive |
| —adv | |
| 3. | rare in an unseemly manner |
| un'seemliness | |
| —n | |
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Unseemly
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Example sentences
The enthusiasm with which the park service and the scientific community view this event strikes me as unseemly.
Now, those same steel firms are returning to profitability with unseemly haste.
One recognizes a real actress even if the bows, considering the movie that contains them, are unseemly.
Several in the national security community considered her torrid online questioning to be an unseemly form of soliciting secrets.
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