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みっともない · i-adjective

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	みっともない	みっともなくない
Polite	みっともないです	みっともなくないですalso みっともなくありません
Past polite	みっともなかったです	みっともなくなかったですalso みっともなくありませんでした
Past	みっともなかった	みっともなくなかった
Te-form	みっともなくて	みっともなくなくて
Adverbial	みっともなく
Conditional	みっともなければ	みっともなくなければ
Tara conditional	みっともなかったら	みっともなくなかったら

Meanings

i-adjective

shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; unseemly

usually written using kana alone

Describes behavior, appearance, or a situation that is embarrassing, improper, or makes one look bad. Often used as a mild scolding or expression of disapproval.

そんなみっともない格かっ好こうで出でかけないで。
Don't go out looking so disgraceful.
人ひと前まえで泣なくなんてみっともない。
It's shameful to cry in front of others.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉はみっともない[doing something] is shameful/unseemly
人ひと前まえで大おお声ごえで泣なくのはみっともない。
Crying loudly in front of others is unseemly.
みっともない〈事こと〉をするto do something shameful/disgraceful
酔よって店みせで暴あばれるなんて、みっともないことをしたものだ。
Getting drunk and causing a scene at the shop was a shameful thing to do.
みっともないから〈動どう詞し〉to do something because it would otherwise look shameful
みっともないから、公こう共きょうの場ばでは大おお声ごえを出ださないでください。
Please don't shout in public, it looks bad.
〈人ひと〉にみっともない姿すがたを見みせるto show someone an unseemly/embarrassing side of oneself
子こ供どもにみっともない姿すがたを見みせたくない。
I don't want to show my kids an unseemly side of myself.

Kanji

見see, hopes, chances
無nothingness, none, ain't

Related words· 6

恥はずかしいN4
恥ずかしい describes the speaker's own feeling of embarrassment, while みっともない judges how one's behavior or appearance looks to others.
見み苦ぐるしいN2
見苦しい and みっともない both criticize an unseemly sight or behavior, but 見苦しい leans toward something visually unpleasant while みっともない adds a stronger sense of social shame.
だらしないN3
だらしない emphasizes sloppiness or lack of self-discipline, whereas みっともない carries a stronger moral or social judgment of being disgraceful.
はしたないN1
みっともない stresses that something looks unsightly or embarrassing, while はしたない stresses a lack of modesty or propriety in conduct.

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かっこ悪わるいN3
みっともない stresses shamefulness or impropriety in appearance or behavior, while かっこ悪い more simply means lacking style or looking bad.
情なさけないN2
みっともない stresses that something looks unseemly or disgraceful to others, while 情けない emphasizes the speaker's own feeling of pity or disappointment.

Opposites

みっともいい
見っともいい means presentable or decent, the informal opposite of みっともない, which means shameful or unseemly.

Written forms

みっともないUsage97%
Standard kana spelling; the word is usually written in kana.
見みっともないUsage2%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; learners should use the kana spelling.
見みっとも無ないUsage1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not used in normal writing.

Etymology

Derived from the negative form of the verb 見る (miru, 'to see') with an emphatic geminate consonant, literally meaning 'not worth looking at' or 'unpresentable'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the form is well-established as a single adjective.