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

Scorn and defiance; slight regard, contempt, And any thing that may not misbecome The mighty sender, doth he prize you at.

From King Henry the Fifth Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre by Kean, Charles John

Slight regard, contempt, And anything that may not misbecome The mighty sender, doth he prize you at.

From King Henry V by Shakespeare, William

A tea-service which would not have misbecome Eleanor's own drawing-room stood in readiness.

From The Emancipated by Gissing, George

In his tattered, single-breasted frock-coat, buttoned meagerly up to his chin, the shutter-brain made him a bow, which, for courtesy, would not have misbecome a viscount, then turned with silent appeal to the stranger.

From The Confidence-Man by Melville, Herman

There was a juryman there, a father with many daughters, who thought that it might not misbecome him to put forward such a prayer himself.

From The Vicar of Bullhampton by Trollope, Anthony