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unseemly

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++un·seem·ly /ʌnˈsiːmli/ adjective formal  RUDE/IMPOLITEunseemly behaviour is not polite or not suitable for a particular occasion 〔行为〕不体面的,不合礼节的,不得体的 Ann thought it unseemly to kiss her husband in public. 安认为当众亲她丈夫不太得体。
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unseemlyBut a deal with the unionists would be an unseemly affair.He painted, finally, not the beautiful and rich, but the unseemly and chaotic popular classes.It was considered unseemly for women to smoke.Like a sudden, unseemly outbreak of boils on the landscape, the little concrete igloos started popping up in the 1970s.It felt unseemly, somehow, to speak out on my own behalf.If closeness is unseemly when money and politics intertwine, it is not always determinative.Midgely avoids looking at his father's unseemly white chest.
un·seem·ly adjectiveChineseSyllable
not not or for is polite behaviour suitable unseemly Corpus a


unseemly
unseemly /ʌnˈsiːmli/ adjective formal
unseemly behaviour is not polite or not suitable for a particular occasion:
    Ann thought it unseemly to kiss her husband in public.


un·seem·lyBrE /ʌnˈsiːmli/ 🔊NAmE /ʌnˈsiːmli/ 🔊 adjective (old-fashioned or formal) (of behaviour, etc. 行为等) not polite or suitable for a particular situation 不礼貌的;不得体的;不相宜的 SYN improper OPP seemly