unbefitting

ADJECTIVE

improper

Synonyms

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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

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unbefitting

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 relationship was not “romantic or sexual” but “unguarded and unwise,” he said then, and included “coarse and foolish joking that’s unbefitting of someone in my position.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2022

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

But it was the more unbefitting in me to frame my warning as I did.

From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Charlotte Mary Yonge

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