unseeming

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ seeming.

Verb

unseeming

  1. (obsolete) hesitating; scrupling
    • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
      You wrong the reputation of your name,
      In so unseeming to confess receipt
      Of that which hath so faithfully been paid.

Adjective

unseeming (comparative more unseeming, superlative most unseeming)

  1. (proscribed) unseemly; inappropriate, or showing bad manners
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