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What (who) is unseemly - definition
unseemly
If you say that someone's behaviour is unseemly, you disapprove of it because it is not polite or not suitable for a particular situation or occasion. (LITERARY)
It would be unseemly for judges to receive pay increases when others are having to tighten their belts.
...unseemly drinking, brawling and gambling.
ADJ [disapproval]
unseemly
adj. (formal) unseemly to + inf. (it was unseemly of them to show up at the reception without an invitation)
unseemly
¦ adjective (unseemlier, unseemliest) (of behaviour or actions) not proper or appropriate.
Derivatives
unseemliness noun
Examples of use of unseemly
1. Mark Foley‘s unseemly contacts with teenage male House pages.
2. Political rivals say they find the matter unseemly.
3. This spells more than an unseemly squabble over money.
4. Annan‘s comment was "not just unseemly," he said.
5. Now the Women‘s Institute is fighting an unseemly civil war.