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 6-foot-2, 202-pound safety has a title unbefitting of his job.
From Washington Post • Apr. 24, 2023
In a letter to his own top energy officials Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom described the blackouts as “unacceptable and unbefitting of the nation’s largest and most innovative state.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2020
Alas! my brother, I should lead you only to some death unbefitting a king.
From Sacrifice by Whitman, Stephen French
