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UNSEEMLINESS
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I. (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)