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unbecoming
[ uhn-bi-kuhm-ing ]
adjective
- detracting from one's appearance, character, or reputation; unattractive or unseemly:
an unbecoming hat; unbecoming language.
Synonyms: unfit, unsuitable, unapt
unbecoming
/ ˌʌnbɪˈkʌmɪŋ /
adjective
- unsuitable or inappropriate, esp through being unattractive
an unbecoming hat
- whenpostpositive, usually foll by of or an object not proper or seemly (for)
manners unbecoming a lady
Derived Forms
- ˌunbeˈcomingly, adverb
- ˌunbeˈcomingness, noun
Other Words From
- unbe·coming·ly adverb
- unbe·coming·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of unbecoming1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Fits of rage may be more common during the holidays, but they are no less unbecoming.
Pounding is charged with one count each of assault, adultery, and conduct unbecoming an officer.
To them, Her Imperial Majesty and Queen Empress was behaving in a manner unbecoming.
Chasing after mere favorability and openness is an unbecoming act of desperation.
Eventually though, Wiles was suspended for "conduct unbecoming to a Promoter of the Miss Gay America pageant system."
Swearing, as I have said, was not considered low or vulgar or unbecoming a gentleman.
To come in, flushed from a hurried toilette, to meet your first callers, is unbecoming as well as rude.
Choosing to die nobly rather than to fall into the hands of the wicked, and to suffer abuses unbecoming his noble birth.
It is full of crazy ideas that are most unbecoming in a young girl, and I dont consider such things proper for you to read.
Yes, I knowconduct unbecoming an officer and a gentlemana plain case, too, it seems to me.
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