Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unbeseemly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
unbe-seem-ly
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not beseemly; unfit; unsuitable

Archaic

Etymology

From un- + beseemly.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more unbeseemly (comparative) most unbeseemly (superlative)

Questions

What does unbeseemly mean?
Not beseemly; unfit; unsuitable
Where does unbeseemly come from?
From un- + beseemly.

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