unbeseemingadj.
1. † b. In quasi-adverbial use. Obsolete.
a. With object: Not beseeming or befitting (a person, etc.); unbecoming or inappropriate to. (Very common in 17th cent.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > unseemliness or unbecomingness > [adjective]
unthewfulc1050
unhend?c1225
uncomelyc1230
unseemlya1300
unseeminga1340
unseemc1425
untowardly1483
indecent1570
unbeseeming1583
uncivil1586
unbecoming1598
unbefitting1598
unhandsome1645
untoward1658
incorrect1672
indecorous1682
outré1722
improper1739
indelicate1741
unproper1797
pah1835
it is not (frequently isn't) done1879
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective]
unkinOE
un-i-feieOE
unbecomelyc1200
amissc1325
wrongousa1350
uncovenablec1374
unsitting1390
undue1398
ungainanda1400
unquemea1400
inconvenientc1400
unlikelyc1405
disconvenienta1425
impertinenta1425
discovenablec1436
unmeetc1440
wrongc1440
unjustc1443
unbehovablec1450
inconvenientc1460
uncordial1488
unmeetly1534
unapt1539
unfit1548
incommodious1553
ungreeing1560
impertinent1565
stravagant1565
unproper1566
improper1570
unhovable1570
unapt1579
unbeseeming1583
unsuitablea1586
unappliable1588
unapt1588
unlikely1590
unfittinga1592
unfitted1592
unsuiting1596
unbefitting1598
unsorted1598
unsuited1598
contrary1600
impair1609
unfitty1613
incompetible1621
incongruous1623
infita1626
uncompetiblea1628
inaccommodatea1657
inapplicable1656
inconcinnate1657
inconcinnous1662
inept1675
unaccommodatea1676
incommode1678
indecorous1681
untoward1682
unapplicable1690
insuitable1692
unsuit1704
malapropos1709
inapt1744
out of place1748
uncongenial1788
unfit-like1796
ungain-like1796
inappropriate1804
unadapted1805
dissuitable1807
dissuited1819
ineligible1828
infelicitous1835
unapropos1840
butt-ended1850
malappropriate1851
ungenial1871
misappropriate1878
unbecoming1893
unappropriate1898
unadjusted1899
offside1910
off-key1943
improbable1958
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie lxv. 394 Nowe it were vnbeseeming his power that hee coulde not execute the thing that he had determined with himselfe.
1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 202 They iudged the verie remembrance thereof to be vnwoorthie and vnbeseeming men of honor.
1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes i. §27 You shall find them all to be very toyes, much unbeseeming Gods excellent Majesty.
1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours i. ii. 40 But some thinke it a thing unbeseeming the dignitie of a physician, to prepare his Medicines.
1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine i. 493 An unnecessary breaking of the rest of this day, and unbeseeming the solemnity of it.
a1720 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) II. 153 The truth of it is, a criminal there had put me into a passion, a little unbeseeming a Judge.
1721 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1910) 8 301 As being a thing Unbeseeming a Religious house.
1880 A. C. Swinburne Study of Shakespeare (1895) 60 An office..no more unbeseeming the pupil hand of the future master, than [etc.].
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > unseemliness or unbecomingness > [adverb]
unhonestlyc1380
uncomelya1400
unseemlya1400
uncomelilyc1420
unseemlily1483
indecently1589
undecently1589
grossly1600
unseemingly1619
unbeseeming1645
widely1665
indelicately1800
indecorously1818
unbefittingly1871
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adverb]
wrongc1175
unworthlyc1200
unkindly?c1225
ungraithlya1300
wrongly1303
unconablya1340
unworthily1377
ungoodlyc1380
uncovenablya1382
improperly1390
falsely1393
unduly1399
unseemlya1400
unsittinglyc1412
unorderly1471
induly1483
unseemlily1483
ungainlya1500
uncomely?1518
unmeetly1533
unconveniently1538
wrongfully?1549
uncomelily1561
undecently1563
indecently1589
unproperly1604
unbeseemingly1617
viciously1617
unseemingly1619
misbecominglya1625
unbeseeming1645
unbecomingly1653
invalidly1705
naughty1892
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adverb] > in unseemly manner
unworthlyc1200
unconablya1340
unworthily1377
unhonestlyc1380
uncovenablya1382
uncomelya1400
unseemlya1400
unsittinglyc1412
uncomelilyc1420
foula1450
unmeetly1533
unconveniently1538
undecently1563
unbeseemingly1617
unbeseeming1645
unbecomingly1653
indecorously1818
unbefittingly1871
1645 J. Tombes Anthropolatria 9 Ye doe unbeseeming your priviledge.
1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 190 He dare not think or speak unbeseeming the glory or goodnesse of God.
2. Unbecoming; offending against propriety or good taste. (Very common in 17th cent.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [adjective]
unbecomelyc1200
uncomelyc1230
unsetec1325
unconablea1340
unhonestc1380
unsitting1390
undue1398
ungainanda1400
disconvenienta1425
unjustc1443
unconvenient1450
unsoundablec1450
inconvenientc1460
unorderly1471
mis-seeminga1522
unconvenable1542
undecent1546
ungreeing1560
graceless1562
unsetting1567
unhovable1570
ill1586
uncouth1589
unfittinga1592
unbeseeming1593
seemless1596
unbecoming1598
unbefitting1598
ill-seta1627
unbeseemly1648
ungainlya1660
indecorous1681
paw-paw1723
ungain-like1796
jive1971
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective]
unbecomelyc1200
uncomelyc1230
unseemlya1300
unsetec1325
unseemly1338
unconablea1340
unseeminga1340
uncovenablec1374
unsitting1390
undue1398
ungainanda1400
unseemc1425
unjustc1443
unconvenient1450
unsoundablec1450
unhonestc1503
inconvenienta1513
mis-seeminga1522
unconvenable1542
undecent1546
graceless1562
unsetting1567
indecent1570
misbecoming1589
misbeseeming1589
uncouth1589
unbeseeming1593
seemless1596
unbecoming1598
unbefitting1598
wry1601
disbecominga1639
unbeseemly1648
improper1739
ugly1879
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > unseemly
unthewfulc1050
unbecomelyc1200
unhend?c1225
uncomelyc1230
unseemlya1300
unsetec1325
unconablea1340
uncovenablec1374
unsitting1390
undue1398
ungainanda1400
unlikelya1425
unconvenient1450
unsoundablec1450
unorderly1471
unhonestc1503
inconvenienta1513
mis-seeminga1522
unconvenable1542
undecent1546
unsetting1567
indecent1570
uncouth1589
unfittinga1592
unbeseeming1593
seemless1596
unbecoming1598
unbefitting1598
unbeseemly1648
untoward1658
indecorous1682
ungain-like1796
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. viii. 67 All those thinges which men by the light of their naturall vnderstanding euidently know..to be beseeming or vnbeseeming.
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xiii. 160 They..breake many times into violent passions, oaths, imprecations, and vnbeseeming speeches.
1664 S. Pepys Diary 23 Sept. (1971) V. 278 Mennes took occasion, in the most childish and most unbeseeming manner, to reproach us all.
1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 433 What is more unbeseeming, than that an ignoble merchant should have store of money.
1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ I. 296 Larding their unbeseeming and inconsistent Prophecies, with..incongruous Latin.
1825 C. Lamb Wedding in Elia 2nd Ser. The unbeseeming artifices, by which some wives push on the matrimonial projects of their daughters.
a1843 R. Southey Doctor (1847) VII. 252 Nor has it any unbeseeming levity, like this which is among Browne's poems.
1860 ‘G. Eliot’ in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life (1885) II. 244 The Almighty above is as unbeseeming as painted Almighties usually are.
Derivatives
unbeˈseemingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [adverb]
evilOE
wrongc1175
unworthlyc1200
unkindly?c1225
ungraithlya1300
unkindlyc1300
wrongly1303
unconablya1340
unworthily1377
ungoodlyc1380
falsely1393
uncomelya1400
unsittinglyc1412
uncomelilyc1420
unorderly1471
ungainlya1500
ill?1529
unmeetly1533
unconveniently1538
undecently1563
unproperly1604
unbeseemingly1617
viciously1617
unbecomingly1653
abusefully1656
unbefittingly1871
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adverb]
wrongc1175
unworthlyc1200
unkindly?c1225
ungraithlya1300
wrongly1303
unconablya1340
unworthily1377
ungoodlyc1380
uncovenablya1382
improperly1390
falsely1393
unduly1399
unseemlya1400
unsittinglyc1412
unorderly1471
induly1483
unseemlily1483
ungainlya1500
uncomely?1518
unmeetly1533
unconveniently1538
wrongfully?1549
uncomelily1561
undecently1563
indecently1589
unproperly1604
unbeseemingly1617
viciously1617
unseemingly1619
misbecominglya1625
unbeseeming1645
unbecomingly1653
invalidly1705
naughty1892
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adverb] > in unseemly manner
unworthlyc1200
unconablya1340
unworthily1377
unhonestlyc1380
uncovenablya1382
uncomelya1400
unseemlya1400
unsittinglyc1412
uncomelilyc1420
foula1450
unmeetly1533
unconveniently1538
undecently1563
unbeseemingly1617
unbeseeming1645
unbecomingly1653
indecorously1818
unbefittingly1871
1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. ii. x. 497 They dare not for horrour say that our Sauiour did vnwisely, or any way vnbeseemingly.
1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 51 They, under the pretence of his doctrine, do many strange things, inveigling the young men unbeseemingly.
a1677 I. Barrow Of Contentm. (1685) 46 All reason dictateth..that in being discontented we behave our selves very unbeseemingly and unworthily.
unbeˈseemingness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [noun]
unconablenessa1340
unconabletya1340
unlikelinessa1413
ungrace1430
disconveniencec1450
wangrace1513
uncomeliness1542
improperty1555
unproperness1561
unmeetness1574
unhandsomeness1598
unbeseemingness1623
unbecomingness1652
impropriety1697
indecence1714
paw-pawness1828
unadaptedness1846
unbefittingness1865
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun]
unconablenessa1340
unseemlinessc1380
ungrace1430
disconveniencec1450
unlikelinessc1485
wangrace1513
unseemingness1540
uncomeliness1542
indecency1589
undecency1589
unhandsomeness1598
unbeseemingness1623
misbecomingness1644
unbecomingness1652
indecorum1664
indecence1714
impropriety1751
indecorousness1811
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > unseemly behaviour or unseemliness
unconablenessa1340
unconabletya1340
unseemlinessc1380
ungrace1430
disconveniencec1450
unlikelinessc1485
wangrace1513
uncomeliness1542
indecency1589
undecency1589
unhandsomeness1598
unworthiness1608
inconveniencya1616
unbeseemingness1623
unbecomingness1652
indecorum1664
indecence1714
indecorousness1811
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [noun]
inconvenience1413
uncompetence?1541
unaptness1548
improperty1555
unaptness1557
unproperness1561
impertinency1573
unmeetness1574
disagreement1580
unfitnessa1586
unsuitablenessa1586
incongruity1597
inconvenientness1600
improperness1612
indispositiona1613
insuitability1612
ineptitude1615
impertinence1616
inconcinnity1616
infelicity1617
unbeseemingness1623
ineptness1633
impertinentness1645
incompatibility1659
incompetibilitya1660
disaccommodationa1676
indecorousness1681
indisposednessa1684
inaptitudea1688
impropriety1697
wrongness1726
ineligibility1795
inaptness1814
unsuitability1814
unappropriateness1838
unadaptedness1846
inappropriateness1847
unfittingness1861
unbefittingness1865
ineligibleness1881
1623 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VII. O.T. xviii. 95 Against the disguise she had pleaded the vnbeseemingnesse for her person and state.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 191 That would be an unbeseemingness.
1723 Duke of Wharton True Briton No. 48. ¶9 He is to learn from the Unbeseemingness and Intemperances of others Passions, the better how to govern his own.
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