Unseemly vs Ill-bred - What's the difference?
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Inconsistent with established standards of good form or taste.
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ill-mannered and unrefined because of a bad upbringing or education
(of animals) of bad breed
Unseemly is a related term of ill-bred.
As adjectives the difference between unseemly and ill-bred
is that unseemly is inconsistent with established standards of good form or taste while ill-bred is ill-mannered and unrefined because of a bad upbringing or education.unseemly
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Alternative forms
* unsemely (archaic)Adjective
(er)- He was drunk and made some very unseemly comments.
- An unseemly outbreak of temper.