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unseemly (adj.)

c. 1300, "visually unpleasing, unattractive, ugly;" mid-14c., "unfitting, indecent, inappropriate," from un- (1) "not" + seemly (adj.). Similar formation in Old Norse usoemiligr. Related: Unseemliness.

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Definitions of unseemly from WordNet

unseemly (adj.)
not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society;
unseemly to use profanity
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