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Unseemly vs Unbefitting - What's the difference?

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Unseemly is a related term of unbefitting.


As adjectives the difference between unseemly and unbefitting

is that unseemly is inconsistent with established standards of good form or taste while unbefitting is not befitting; not appropriate to.

unseemly

English

Alternative forms

* unsemely (archaic)

Adjective

(er)
  • Inconsistent with established standards of good form or taste.
    • He was drunk and made some very unseemly comments.
  • * Nathaniel Hawthorne
    • An unseemly outbreak of temper.
  • * '>citation

    • Antonyms

    * seemly

    Related terms

    * unseemliness

    See also

    * inappropriate

    unbefitting

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not befitting; not appropriate to.