misbecome
Americanverb (used with object)
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to be unsuitable, unbecoming, or unfit for.
verb
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(tr) to be unbecoming to or unsuitable for
Etymology
Origin of misbecome
Example Sentences
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Had we insisted on a concession of antecedent right, it may not misbecome us, either as moralists or politicians, to consider what Grimaldi could have answered.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons by Johnson, Samuel
But, without doing so, it will not misbecome us to be cautious, and to reflect what we do, before we take a leap into illimitable space.
From Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author by Godwin, William
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
"Oh, yes; a whole lifetime too late," says Miss Priscilla, with a soft, faint blush that would not have misbecome a maiden in her teens.
From Rossmoyne by Unknown
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
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