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misbecome

[ mis-bi-kuhm ]

verb (used with object)

, mis·be·came, mis·be·come, mis·be·com·ing.
  1. to be unsuitable, unbecoming, or unfit for.


misbecome

/ ˌmɪsbɪˈkʌm /

verb

  1. tr to be unbecoming to or unsuitable for
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of misbecome1

First recorded in 1520–30; mis- 1 + become
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Example Sentences

Though she was now long past her fiftieth year, Elizabeth, on the whole, did not misbecome her magnificent apparel.

A careless song, with a little nonsense in it now and then, does not misbecome a monarch.

And, indeed, I thought it did not wholly misbecome me as it was, being by nature curly.

She did so with a simple, quiet dignity, that would not have misbecome a duchess.

The greater portion of Roman law is expressed in terms which would not misbecome scientific or speculative treatises.

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