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ill-seen

ill-seen adjective: not well thought of; having a bad reputation.

Adjective

ill-seen (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Not well thought of; having a bad reputation.
    • I said it seemed that Ebenezer was ill-seen in the country.1895, Robert Louis Stevenson, “What befell at the Queen's Ferry”, in Kidnapped

Questions about ill-seen

What does ill-seen mean?
Ill-seen means not well thought of; having a bad reputation.
What part of speech is ill-seen?
Ill-seen is an adjective.

Words near ill-seen in the dictionary

  1. ill-qualified
  2. ill-received
  3. ill-repute
  4. ill-scathe
  5. ill-scented
  6. ill-seen
  7. ill-sorted
  8. ill-spent
  9. ill-starred
  10. ill-suited
  11. ill-tempered

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