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Conduct or appearance that is inappropriate for a particular setting.

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unseemliness

The chair objected to the unseemliness of mocking a contributor during the public meeting.
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The unseemliness of boasting about expensive purchases during a quiet appeal for emergency rent assistance made several guests uncomfortable.
From Manners in a Shared Setting.
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