unbecoming
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Gray had no choice but to move with the kind of urgency that Augusta National finds unbecoming.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
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
When they struggled, so did I. But mostly, when they made mistakes unbecoming of their role model image, I dutifully took it upon myself to defend them from criticism.
From Salon • Sep. 14, 2024
He denied wrongdoing and a complaint of “conduct unbecoming of a priest” was dropped after the boy’s parents withdrew permission for their son to be involved in the proceedings.
From BBC • Aug. 15, 2024
“It is unbecoming to a soldier, all this book-learning,” Pickett said haughtily.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
Vocabulary lists containing unbecoming
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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