unbecoming
Example Sentences
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“Unilateral coercive measures are without a doubt at odds with the principle of non-intervention, unbecoming of any civilised nation,” she wrote.
From Reuters
A few weeks ago, as the Italian season drew to a close, Immobile had a brief and vaguely unbecoming spat with Urbano Cairo, the president of Torino.
From New York Times
I later learned that a White man here in Minneapolis, whom I knew, felt my public protest unbecoming.
From Washington Post
"I have heard many people in this town, in DC, talking that the press is getting sick of this," she said, before going on to call Biden's response to Collins' questions "unbecoming and ridiculous."
From Salon
Meanwhile, the sheriff’s office has fired one of its deputies after discovering he failed to adequately handle the Beamer case and acted in a manner "unbecoming of a deputy," according to the report.
From Fox News
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
