In a sentence
Six example sentences with unseemly, each labelled with its topic.
Cheering when a rival stumbled over her words struck viewers as unseemly, and the campaign apologized by evening.
Politics
Announcing the bonus pool the same week as the layoffs looked unseemly even to the executives who had approved it.
Business
Arguing with the referee over a foul his own teammate committed was an unseemly end to a fine career.
Basketball
Victorian etiquette books called it unseemly for a lady to be seen running, even to catch a departing train.
History
The judge called the lawyer's grin during the verdict unseemly and warned him about his conduct in open court.
Law
Booing the conductor was thought unseemly in that hall, so the audience showed displeasure by clapping as briefly as it could.
Music
Study unseemly until you keep it
Learn English words in sentences about topics you pick, with a quick quiz. With an account, words come back for review.
Found in these word lists
Found in 5 published word listsRecognized
Each source is a published word list that contains unseemly. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.