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unbecoming

[uhn-bi-kuhm-ing] / ˌʌn bɪˈkʌm ɪŋ /


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The impressive new complex has at its center a 225-foot-tall tower that is at once ill-suited to its task—housing a museum—and queasily unbecoming for the leader of a republic.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

“It’s unbecoming of the office in which you represent.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2025

We’ve become desensitized to the ritual by now, but slobbering over an elected official—of any stripe—is, and always will be, unbecoming.

From Slate Mar. 8, 2025

Instead, the only paper trail that exists of the incident is a minor sanction record- which simply cites "inappropriate behaviour unbecoming of a warrant officer".

From BBC Feb. 12, 2025

It is unbecoming to go on hating an enemy like this once a conflict is over.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro




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