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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "indicibile"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "irripetibile"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nepieklājīgs"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nepiedienīgs"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "hake"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "upassende"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "niestosowny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "impróprio"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neumestnyj",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "неуместный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nepristojnyj",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "непристойный"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "mì-innealta"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "mì-cheanalta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "inapropiado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "extemporal"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "extemporáneo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "impropio"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"tags": [
"Latin-America"
],
"word": "desubicado"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "opassande"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "anweddus"
}
],
"word": "unseemly"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English adverbs",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old Norse",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms partially calqued from Old Norse",
"English terms prefixed with un-",
"English terms with audio links"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "unsemli"
},
"expansion": "Middle English unsemli",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "úsǽmiligr",
"nocap": "1",
"t": "unseemly"
},
"expansion": "partial calque of Old Norse úsǽmiligr (“unseemly”)",
"name": "partial translation"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "un",
"3": "seemly"
},
"expansion": "un- + seemly",
"name": "prefix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "ósæmileg",
"3": "",
"4": "offensive"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic ósæmileg (“offensive”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "usømmelig",
"3": "",
"4": "unseemly"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian usømmelig (“unseemly”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "usømmeligt",
"3": "",
"4": "unseemly"
},
"expansion": "Danish usømmeligt (“unseemly”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English unsemli, probably a partial calque of Old Norse úsǽmiligr (“unseemly”); equivalent to un- + seemly. Cognate with Icelandic ósæmileg (“offensive”), Norwegian usømmelig (“unseemly”), Danish usømmeligt (“unseemly”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more unseemly",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most unseemly",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "unseemly (comparative more unseemly, superlative most unseemly)",
"name": "en-adv"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"In an unseemly manner."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-us-unseemly.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/41/En-us-unseemly.ogg/En-us-unseemly.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/En-us-unseemly.ogg",
"tags": [
"Mid-Atlantic"
],
"text": "Audio (Mid-Atlantic)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "unsemely"
}
],
"word": "unseemly"
}
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