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unbecoming |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Unbecoming \Un`be*com"ing\, a. [Pref. un- not + becoming.] Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper. My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall. --Dryden. -- {Un`be*com"ing*ly}, adv -- {Un`be*com"ing*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: unbecoming adj 1: considered inappropriate for or unattractive on a particular person; "an unbecoming style" 2: not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry" [syn: {indecent}, {indecorous}, {uncomely}, {unseemly}, {untoward}]
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