Unseeming

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    hesitating; scrupling obsolete

    "You wrong the reputation of your name, In so unseeming to confess receipt Of that which hath so faithfully been paid."

Adjective
  1. 1
    unseemly; inappropriate, or showing bad manners proscribed

Example

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"You wrong the reputation of your name, In so unseeming to confess receipt Of that which hath so faithfully been paid."

Etymology

From un- + seeming.

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