How do you use Unseemly in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like indecent or indecorous, plus the exact meaning.
Unseemly in a sentence
Unseemly meaning
Inconsistent with established standards of good form or taste.
Synonyms of Unseemly
Using Unseemly
- The main meaning on this page is: Inconsistent with established standards of good form or taste.
- Useful related words include: indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely.
- In the example corpus, unseemly often appears in combinations such as: the unseemly, an unseemly, unseemly and.
Context around Unseemly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 5 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Unseemly
- In this selection, "unseemly" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, identically, bit, manner, altercation and hours stand out and add context to how "unseemly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bit unseemly and have and about the unseemly rush to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "unseemly" sits close to words such as abbeys, abundances and aced, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with unseemly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
There is also the unseemly on-going drama between the Cardinals and Terry McDonough. (14 words)
And then, when they did have a look, it was done with unseemly speed. (14 words)
Chaos takes over, and you have a lot of the unseemly characters," he explained. (14 words)
A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, based in Richmond, VA, recently ruled that the unseemly focus on Evans' hair, while “frustrating and unpleasant,” did not justify her voluntary resignation from IPC. (40 words)
The unseemly political campaigning of the 2024 polls – and the emergence of scores of hopefuls trying to get their snouts into the troughs of power or state resources – showed that politics is this country’s growth industry. (37 words)
Second, the Iraqi Government engaged in an unseemly and evidently politically motivated effort to expedite the execution by denying time for a meaningful appeal and by closing off every avenue to review the punishment. (34 words)
Are you intimating that at any time I can simply firmly grasp the old John Thomas and manually express the contents thereof, like some unseemly self-flagellating milkmaid? (28 words)
Example sentences (20)
An identically unseemly altercation was going on in Oyo State between Governor Rasheed Ladoja and his own political godfather, Lamidi Adedibu.
Political marketing expert Prof Paul Baines, of the University of Leicester, said: "Displaying wealth is unseemly in the current environment.
Some miscreants have been amusing themselves at unseemly hours of late by tossing pebbles into the open bedroom windows on Railway Avenue, thereby disturbing the rest of the occupants.
There is also the unseemly on-going drama between the Cardinals and Terry McDonough.
This unseemly battle between the Centre and the elected government of the National Capital Region has taken up too much time.
When the girl tried to walk back home, he followed her and conducted himself in an unseemly manner.
Second, the Iraqi Government engaged in an unseemly and evidently politically motivated effort to expedite the execution by denying time for a meaningful appeal and by closing off every avenue to review the punishment.
The unseemly political campaigning of the 2024 polls – and the emergence of scores of hopefuls trying to get their snouts into the troughs of power or state resources – showed that politics is this country’s growth industry.
Are you intimating that at any time I can simply firmly grasp the old John Thomas and manually express the contents thereof, like some unseemly self-flagellating milkmaid?
Bill’s stylish beige linen trousers had shrunk with the dousing and were clinging to his legs like an unseemly pair of tights.
Democrats will spend a lot of time talking about the unseemly rush to fill Ginsburg’s seat.
Despite his wealth, an unseemly number of these luxuries are not paid for by him but billed to us taxpayers or covered by the political donations he takes from giant corporations he serves.
Despite this unseemly "gentlemen's agreement," when Bond "did his duty" and got Tracy to fall for him, he was surprised to learn that he reciprocated her affections.
It’s easier for David Cameron, or Boris Johnson hiding in a fridge, to say ‘Oh come on, this is a bit unseemly’, and have that be the end of it.
It was unseemly, to say the least, that our collective mourning of Ginsburg’s extraordinary life and influential legacy was almost immediately eclipsed by the political implications of her death.
While the man received quite a few backlashes for addressing the minister in an unseemly manner, others praised Sitharaman for putting the man in his place with her firm reply.
Although Anbu’s father encouraged her scholarly inclinations, there were no colleges in the area, and sending his daughter away for an education would have been unseemly.
And then, when they did have a look, it was done with unseemly speed.
A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, based in Richmond, VA, recently ruled that the unseemly focus on Evans' hair, while “frustrating and unpleasant,” did not justify her voluntary resignation from IPC.
Chaos takes over, and you have a lot of the unseemly characters," he explained.
Common combinations with unseemly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the unseemly 7×
- an unseemly 5×
- unseemly and 3×
- this unseemly 2×
- unseemly manner 2×
- bit unseemly 2×
- unseemly to 2×
- it unseemly 2×