misbecome

American  

[mis-bi-kuhm] / ˌmɪs bɪˈkʌm /

verb (used with object)

misbecame, misbecome, misbecoming

1. to be unsuitable, unbecoming, or unfit for.

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misbecome British  

/ ˌmɪsbɪˈkʌm /

verb

1. (tr) to be unbecoming to or unsuitable for

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Etymology

Origin of misbecome

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

Example Sentences

These wuz coward feelin's an' they misbecome me; the ache herein this heart uv mine had no business there.

From Second Book of Tales by Field, Eugene

However, I am already old enough to acquit myself honestly and courteously to my friends and relations, and to encourage no reports of your mistress which would misbecome a queen and her kinswoman.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. by Hume, David

His probity, his correctness in private life, his decency of deportment, and his general ability, would not have misbecome a colleague of Walsingham and Burleigh.

From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

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

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 by Various

The Papal authority, so often subservient, so often prejudicial to his designs, he called to his assistance in a cause which did not misbecome it,—the cause of a father attacked by his children.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund