🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

conveniente

Native Script:inconveniente

Pronunciation / Transliteration: inconveniente

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Unseeming/ʌnˈsiː.mɪŋ/
adjectiveCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45200 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O comportamento inconveniente dele surpreendeu os convidados."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not conforming to accepted standards of good taste; improper or unbecoming.

    "His unseeming behavior at the formal banquet shocked the guests."
  2. 2

    Not having a true or genuine appearance; deceptive.

    "She looked past the unseeming exterior to find the authentic person underneath."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix un- (expressing negation) combined with seeming (present participle of seem, from Old English cēman, of Germanic origin). Used since the late 16th century, it initially carried the connotation of not being in accordance with what is proper, fitting, or seemly.

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