Examples of 'unseemly' in a sentence
Meaning of "unseemly"
unseemly (adjective) - Not in accordance with accepted standards of behavior or propriety; inappropriate or indecent. The term is often used to describe actions, behavior, or language that is considered improper, offensive, or unsuitable for a given situation
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- Inconsistent with established standards of good form or taste.
- In an unseemly manner.
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Forgive this unseemly disruption of our feast.
Anything that could possibly be thought of as unseemly.
You show an unseemly interest in that house.
The whole scene is starting to get unseemly.
Very unseemly to joke around with death.
I must apologize for my unseemly behavior yesterday.
It is unseemly for a child to write such a poem.
Men with appetites too unseemly to speak on.
An unseemly mix of gossip and hate campaign.
And couples dance in a most unseemly manner.
It will be an unseemly manner when everybody were on strike.
A name can be tarnished by some unseemly act.
Perhaps it is unseemly but it is a pastime as old as civilisation.
I have to ask you a somewhat unseemly question.
It would be unseemly and unprofessional to behave otherwise.
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For they are a disorderly and unseemly lot.
It is a little unseemly to be discussing remarriage until it is.
The lump sum offered may be unseemly.
The whole unseemly pompatus of love.
Do not tell them anything unseemly about me.
It is unseemly for a lady to be so obliging to a man.
Nor did anything devious or unseemly happen here.
This unseemly outburst by my liege will not stand.
But you should know of an unseemly justice.
And the rather unseemly and highly inappropriate.
And speaking ill of the dead is unseemly.
It appears to me a very unseemly subject about which to jest.
My shirt still stuck to my body in an unseemly way.
It was unseemly when you were misthought a lady.
And it was all because of their unseemly behavior.
It would be unseemly to appear naked before the baroness.
It sounded at once alluring and kind of unseemly.
Perhaps something unseemly with a deacon.
That unseemly display of mutual animosity.
These combinations cause unseemly situations and actions.
To the unseemly sight of you crawling on the beam.
The humans find this sort of thing unseemly.
But it would be unseemly to unmask him.
It is unseemly for a woman of your stature to feed a child.
Joking with death is most unseemly.
Talking of unseemly squabbles about money.
She does not want to be seen to be being unseemly.
Even an unseemly soul can become a noble sacrifice.
Doth not behave itself unseemly.
Others see an unseemly election ploy.
Too loud and very unseemly.
Some unseemly little spell.
You make it all sound so unseemly.
Female ambition can be unseemly in the eyes of some people.
Your curiosity is totally understandable and yet unseemly.
