un·seem·ly
ˌən-ˈsēm-lē 
: not seemly: such as
a
: not according with established standards of good form or taste
unseemly bickering
b
: not suitable for time or place : inappropriate, unseasonable
: in an unseemly manner
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Examples of unseemly in a Sentence
Adjective
He spent unseemly amounts of money on himself.
an unseemly interest in their host's income and expenses
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 5 July 2024
The Court’s burden was not to compound Smith’s unseemly rush to trial, but to try to get a complex and fraught issue right.
—The Editors, National Review, 2 July 2024
S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 15 May 2024
After leaving office in 2001, Barak undermined his standing by adopting a lavish lifestyle deemed unseemly for a Labor leader.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 8 June 2016
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Adjective
Blasberg reportedly ghosted the Oscar winner’s house after an unseemly incident in her guest cottage, involving an intense bowel movement which wrecked the place.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 5 July 2024
The Court’s burden was not to compound Smith’s unseemly rush to trial, but to try to get a complex and fraught issue right.
—The Editors, National Review, 2 July 2024
Adverb
However unseemly, Trump’s salacious rendez-vous with Stormy Daniels is not.
—S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 15 May 2024
After leaving office in 2001, Barak undermined his standing by adopting a lavish lifestyle deemed unseemly for a Labor leader.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 8 June 2016
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“Unseemly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unseemly. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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