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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society;
- Example: "was buried with indecent haste"
- Example: "indecorous behavior"
- Example: "language unbecoming to a lady"
- Example: "unseemly to use profanity"
- Example: "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry"
[syn: indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Unseemly \Un*seem"ly\, a.
   Not seemly; unbecoming; indecent.
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         An unseemly outbreak of temper.          --Hawthorne.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Unseemly \Un*seem"ly\, adv.
   In an unseemly manner.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

unseemly
    adj 1: not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right
           or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent
           haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a
           lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their
           untoward ribaldry" [syn: indecent, indecorous,
           unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward]