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English
Etymology
From un- + seeming.
Verb
unseeming
- (obsolete) hesitating; scrupling
c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :You wrong the reputation of your name,
In so unseeming to confess receipt
Of that which hath so faithfully been paid.
Adjective
unseeming (comparative more unseeming, superlative most unseeming)
- (proscribed) unseemly; inappropriate, or showing bad manners