Unseamanlike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not characteristic of or befitting a seaman.

    "On behalf of the Dundee, it was deposed, that the loss of the Princess Charlotte was purely accidental, or if attributable to any mismanagement, attributable only to the unseamanlike conduct of the Princess Charlotte's own people[…]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    not seamanlike wordnet

Example

More examples

"On behalf of the Dundee, it was deposed, that the loss of the Princess Charlotte was purely accidental, or if attributable to any mismanagement, attributable only to the unseamanlike conduct of the Princess Charlotte's own people[…]"

Etymology

From un- + seamanlike.

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