See unseemly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport):",
"text": "[I]n the 575 days since [Oscar] Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, there has been an unseemly scramble to construct revisionist histories, to identify evidence beneath that placid exterior of a pugnacious, hair-trigger personality.",
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"Inconsistent with established standards of good form or taste."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nepriličen",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "неприличен"
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{
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "nepristoen",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "непристоен"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "不体面的"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "nevhodný"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "upassende"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "ongepast"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "onbetamelijk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "onbehoorlijk"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "onfatsoenlijk"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "maldeca"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "malkonvena"
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "ebaviisakas"
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "näotu"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "sopimaton"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "malséant"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "impropio"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "unpassend"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "unangebracht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "unschicklich"
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{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "aprepḗs",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "ἀπρεπής"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "aeikḗs",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "ἀεικής"
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{
"code": "grc",
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"roman": "askhḗmōn",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "ἀσχήμων"
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"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "desdecanta"
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{
"code": "io",
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"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "inappropriato"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "indecoroso"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "indicibile"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "irripetibile"
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{
"code": "lv",
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"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
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"masculine"
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"word": "nepieklājīgs"
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"code": "lv",
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"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "nepiedienīgs"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "upassende"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "neumestnyj",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "неуместный"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nepristojnyj",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "непристойный"
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "mì-innealta"
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "mì-cheanalta"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "inapropiado"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "extemporal"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "extemporáneo"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "impropio"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"tags": [
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"word": "desubicado"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
"word": "opassande"
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"code": "cy",
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"sense": "inconsistent with standards, etc.",
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"3": "",
"4": "unseemly"
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"tags": [
"comparative"
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"In an unseemly manner."
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