Sentence examples for not only unseemly from inspiring English sources

The argument over the commission presidency was not only unseemly.

But it is not only unseemly for wealthy Europeans to be looking for alms from China, it is bad policy.

The inclusion of this document by Doon Arbus at first seems not only unseemly but, given her writerly tact and filial protectiveness, incomprehensible.

I remember thinking, early on, that this was not only unseemly in some way but also too much of an agenda for poor little art to shoulder.

Because materiality is a complicated legal standard, Mr. Sokol can defend trades that others see as not only unseemly, but as a example of what insider trading laws should prohibit.

What we are sure about, however, is that this mini-circus has been not only unseemly, and unsettling to financial markets, but also potentially destructive to the Federal Reserve's most valuable institutional asset: political independence.

His cavalier disregard for what these securities represent was not only embarrassing and unseemly; it was also inexcusable.

So not only is it unseemly to rejoice over a larger share of a smaller pie, it is also unsettling to face the fact that so much of the history of women in the workplace (both their leaps forward and their slips back) is a reaction to what was happening to men.

Not only is this unseemly and rude, but it's just plain wrong, and it's providing the wrong example for those young people who attend the meetings.

Mr. Hutchinson's plan is not just unseemly.

This is impressive, not only because of its unseemly location — within shouting distance of a homeless shelter and a parole office — but also a kitschy design conceit: every floor takes its cue from a New York City neighborhood.