Synonyms for unseemly
ʌnˈsim liun·seem·ly

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1. unseemlyadjective

   Antonyms:
   seemly

2. unseemlyadjective

   He was drunk and made some very unseemly comments.

   Antonyms:
   seemly

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1. unseemly

   Synonyms:
   awkward, ill-becoming, ill-fitting, improper, indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, unfit, unsuitable

   Antonyms:
   becoming, befitting, beseeming, comely, congruous, decent, decorous, fit, fitting, graceful, meet, neat, proper, seemly, suitable, worthy

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1. unseemly

   Synonyms:
   unbecoming, indecorous, unsuitable, unfit, unbefitting

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1. indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untowardadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   indelicate, indecorous, inauspicious, untoward, unbecoming, indecent, uncomely, adverse

   Antonyms:
   proper

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1. unseemlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   improper, indecorous, unbecoming, unmeet, unfit, unbefitting, indecent

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1. unseemlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   unbecoming, improper, indecorous

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1. List of paraphrases for "unseemly":

   inappropriate, improper, undignified

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How to use unseemly in a sentence?

1. Chuck Schumer:

   It is unseemly to be moving forward so fast on confirming a Supreme Court justice with a lifetime appointment while this big gray cloud of an FBI investigation hangs over the presidency, you can bet if the shoe were on the other foot and a Democratic president was under investigation by the FBI the Republicans would be howling at the moon about filling a Supreme Court seat in such circumstances. Elizabeth Warren added on Twitter :.

2. Roger Pilon:

   Today, of course, the redistributive powers of Congress are everywhere -- except in the Constitution. The result is the feeding frenzy that is modern Washington, the Hobbesian war of all against all as each tries to get his share and more of the common pot the tax system fills. ... It is unseemly and wrong. More than that, it is unconstitutional, whatever the slim and cowed majority on the New Deal Court may have said.

3. Steve Allen:

   Do not allow children to mix drinks. It is unseemly and they use too much vermouth.

4. Matthew Vadum:

   The Cosby art collection displayed in the National Museum of African Art serves as part of this man's public relations offensive while the public battle over his misdeeds rages, it is unseemly for the taxpayers who fund the museum to be forced to play a role in rehabilitating Cosby's image.

5. Adolf Hitler:

   We are Socialists, we are enemies of the capitalistic economic system for the exploitation of the economically weak, with its unfair salaries, with its unseemly evaluation of a human being according to wealth and property instead of responsibility and performance and we are all determined to destroy this system under all conditions.