Unseemliness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being unseemly. countable, uncountable

    "Indeed, on several occasions, the Bishop of Lincoln was forced to upbraid both abbess and nuns for unseemliness in dress and behaviour."

  2. 2
    a lack of consideration for others wordnet

Synonyms

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abnormalitybad tastebarbarismcacophonycampcoarseness

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"Indeed, on several occasions, the Bishop of Lincoln was forced to upbraid both abbess and nuns for unseemliness in dress and behaviour."

Etymology

From unseemly + -ness.

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