UNSEEMLINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unseemliness mean? 

• UNSEEMLINESS (noun)
  The noun UNSEEMLINESS has 1 sense:

1. a lack of consideration for others

  Familiarity information: UNSEEMLINESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNSEEMLINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lack of consideration for others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("unseemliness" is a kind of...):

indecorousness; indecorum (a lack of decorum)

Antonym:

seemliness (a sense of propriety and consideration for others)

Derivation:

unseemly (not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society)