unbecoming
Example Sentences
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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
Instead, the only paper trail that exists of the incident is a minor sanction record- which simply cites "inappropriate behaviour unbecoming of a warrant officer".
From BBC • Feb. 12, 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
“You lost it? This is very unbecoming of you.”
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
Vocabulary lists containing unbecoming
"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act III
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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