unseemlinessn.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈsiːmlɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌənˈsimlinᵻs/ 1. The quality of being unseemly in respect of action, conduct, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > unseemliness or unbecomingness > [noun]
unseemlinessc1380
indecency1589
undecency1589
unbecomingness1652
indecorum1664
indecence1714
impropriety1751
indecorousness1811
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun]
unconablenessa1340
unseemlinessc1380
ungrace1430
disconveniencec1450
unlikelinessc1485
wangrace1513
unseemingness1540
uncomeliness1542
indecency1589
undecency1589
unhandsomeness1598
unbeseemingness1623
misbecomingness1644
unbecomingness1652
indecorum1664
indecence1714
impropriety1751
indecorousness1811
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > unseemly behaviour or unseemliness
unconablenessa1340
unconabletya1340
unseemlinessc1380
ungrace1430
disconveniencec1450
unlikelinessc1485
wangrace1513
uncomeliness1542
indecency1589
undecency1589
unhandsomeness1598
unworthiness1608
inconveniencya1616
unbeseemingness1623
unbecomingness1652
indecorum1664
indecence1714
indecorousness1811
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 43 Unsemelynes schulde not be in Cristes Chirche.
1549 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus 2 Thess. in Paraphr. New Test. iii. 11 b Getting their liuyng with their owne handes, rather than to be greuouse vnto other with shamles crauinges & vnsemelines.
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. x. sig. Rr.iij/2 What vnseemeelinesse soeuer is committed against God & his Church.
1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World v. i. §82. 466/2 The Emperour did expostulate the unseemliness of the deed with him.
1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. i. xiii. 132 I saw the unseemliness of fighting with my preceptor, and a priest.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues IV. 170 His virtue being such, that he never..fell into any great unseemliness.
2. The quality of being unseemly in appearance; uncomeliness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > inelegance > [noun]
uncomeliness1542
unhandsomenessa1586
indecorum1598
unseemliness1598
inconcinnity1616
undress1684
inelegance1726
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 23/1 The cleavinge in the lippes is such an vnseemlines and deformitye.
1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) 44 Parchinge of the sunne, and starveinge with cold is a cheefe cause of the vnseemelynes of the comon people of the countrey.
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 195/2 [Johnson] It makes an unseemly appearance in the type. [Tooke] The unseemliness is not equal to the absurdity.
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