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unseamanlike

adj

Etymology

From un- + seamanlike.

  1. inherited from sǣmann
  2. inherited from seeman
  3. suffixed as seamanlike — “seaman + like”
  4. prefixed as unseamanlike — “un + seamanlike”

Definitions

  1. Not characteristic of or befitting a seaman.

    • On behalf of the Dundee, it was deposed, that the loss of the Princess Charlotte was purely accidental, or if attributable to any mismanagement, attributable only to the unseamanlike conduct of the Princess Charlotte's own people[…]
    • If he is able to keep clear only by making an unseamanlike manoeuvre, then your tack was too close.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA