Bad
Unseemly
Unseemly adjective - Not appropriate for a particular occasion or situation.
Usage example: an unseemly interest in their host's income and expenses
Bad and unseemly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead an adjective "Unseemly".
Nearby Word: unseemliness
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Syncretic religions like voodoo and the Aztec-Catholic blend Anahuac have adherents that can do unseemly things with a death motif, but the practitioners aren't necessarily bad people, just
very different.
Source: Black Magic -
Exar Kun, the Big Bad of Tales of the Jedi's Great Sith War, starts off as a Jedi—a Jerk Jock Jedi who makes insulting comments about non-humans and a particular eagerness for knowledge about the Sith, along with unseemly ambition for a Jedi.
Source: Obviously Evil
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Unseemly and Bad. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bad/unseemly
Bad & Unseemly. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bad/unseemly>.
Unseemly or Bad. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bad/unseemly.
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