unseemly
adjective/ʌnˈsiːmli/
Frequency rank: #17,659 most common English word
Meaning
Not appropriate or proper for the situation; indecent or unbecoming.
Example sentence
The manager's unseemly outburst during the meeting shocked everyone in the room.
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