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unladylike

ADJECTIVE

lacking the behavior or style considered appropriate for a lady

Synonyms

WEAK

coarse crude indelicate rude uncouth unrefined vulgar

Antonyms

WEAK

ladylike refined

Example Sentences

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There was nothing unladylike to be found here, which was the point, but also the problem.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2022

But the not so cynic in me thinks: Don’t girls deserve gross-out toys—the opportunity to behave in gleefully inappropriate, unladylike ways—if that’s what they want?

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2020

The concept was that a dozen young American women with unladylike traits would be shipped off to an English country house to learn social graces, including flower arranging to pheasant shooting.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2018

Again, at my house anyway, there was unladylike shouting at the television.

From US News • Nov. 11, 2015

Lady Constance walked slowly back to her seat, lowered herself carefully, and heaved a most unladylike sigh.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood