unbefitting
Example Sentences
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Federalists in Congress said the columned walkways had a whiff of aristocracy unbefitting the building’s democratic simplicity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
The LSK denounced his shooting as unbefitting for "any sane democracy".
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2025
The proposal to name a San Francisco post office after the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein struck some as unbefitting the gravitas of her half-century career in politics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
The 6-foot-2, 202-pound safety has a title unbefitting of his job.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2023
A venerable instrument like itself, after thirty-five years of honorable service, thus to be forced to exhibit a levity so unbefitting its age and dignity!
From Harper's Young People, June 29, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
