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# unseemly

adjective (unseemly, more unseemly)

«unseemly» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Unseemly means not proper or polite for a person to do, so that others would think it rude or wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unseemly/#m1)

### In the lessons

in the tales, a great man is told that something is unseemly for his rank; in talk an «unseemly fuss» means behaviour that is not fitting

### Examples

- It would be unseemly to laugh at a funeral. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unseemly/#x1)
- His shouting at the teacher was unseemly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unseemly/#x2)
- It is unseemly for a prince to beg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unseemly/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

in the tales, a great man is told that something is unseemly for his rank; in talk an «unseemly fuss» means behaviour that is not fitting

### Examples

- For all this Job sinned not, nor ascribed aught unseemly to God. (Writings JOB.1.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unseemly/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unseemly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unseemly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unseemly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unseemly.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «unseemly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unseemly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unseemly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/unseemly.html) on Mova free.