unseemly
unseemly
Definition
un·seemly (un sēm′lē)
adjective
not seemly; not decent or proper; unbecoming; indecorous
adverb
in an unseemly manner
- unseeded
- unseeing
un·seem′·li·ness noun
unseemly
Synonyms
unseemly
modif.
unseemly
Usage Examples
Preposition: for
- woman: Felix was ambivalent about her publishing; he felt it was unseemly for a woman.
Modifies a noun
- haste: Already the unseemly haste with which the media picked up the flashlight for Blair has created signs of a backlash among Labor supporters.
- scramble: One sees it in the unseemly scramble to get money from the Department of Homeland Security.
- rush: Do you have a set routine for leaving the room that avoids an unseemly rush?
- row: His desire to ratchet up his income has seen the unseemly row with, and abuse of, Silverstone.
- manner: And with my apologies for jumping the gun in such an unseemly manner.
- behavior: To do so, or to indulge in unseemly behavior within the grounds, is an offense against cemetery byelaws.
Modifying Another Word
- rather: Firstly, the rather unseemly mess concerning the means of electing a leader.
- somewhat: There is a somewhat unseemly haste in the way he takes up her refrain to excuse his delayed recognition of his errors.
- almost: But despite the almost unseemly haste with which the U.K. government rushed to embrace the Convention, no new money was made available.
- somehow: To them, it is somehow unseemly to say that the Cold War was a battle the West waged against evil.
Used with adjective complement
- consider: Wooden features were replaced with stone while roofs, now considered unseemly, were hidden behind a stone parapet.
Browse dictionary entries near unseemly
- unsecured debt
- unsecured credit
- unsecured bond
- unsecured
- unseat
- unseasoned
- unseasonable
- unsearchable
- unseam
- unseal
- unseen
- unselfish
- unselfishly
- unselfishness
- unset
- unsettle
- unsettled
- unsex
- unshackle
- unshaken
