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unbefitting
adjective as in improper
Weak matches
- abnormal
- at odds
- awkward
- bad form
- discordant
- discrepant
- erroneous
- false
- ill-advised
- ill-timed
- immodest
- imprudent
- inaccurate
- inadmissible
- inadvisable
- inapplicable
- inapposite
- inappropriate
- inapt
- incongruous
- incorrect
- indecent
- indecorous
- indelicate
- inept
- inexpedient
- infelicitous
- inharmonious
- inopportune
- irregular
- ludicrous
- malapropos
- naughty
- odd
- off base
- out of line
- out of place
- out-of-season
- preposterous
- unapt
- unbecoming
- uncalled-for
- uncomely
- undue
- unfit
- unfitting
- unseasonable
- unseemly
- unsuitable
- unsuited
- untimely
- untoward
- unwarranted
- wrong
Example Sentences
No doubt he might have won her, but he is restrained by the horror of being grotesque and indulging in antics unbefitting his age.
Bilson was careless about the wine; Sophronia took to the wearing of gowns unbefitting a maid of forty years.
The simplest thing would be to come to an understanding with Katie, but that was unbefitting Lilly's station.
Sixty years since, a little turn-up nose was universally regarded as a nose wholly unbefitting a poet.
"A vulgarism not altogether unbefitting," said the Professor, stumbling along in the dark.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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