Hypertext Webster Gateway: "unbecoming"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Unbecoming \Un`be*com"ing\, a. [Pref. un- not + becoming.]
Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper.
My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall. --Dryden.
-- {Un`be*com"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Un`be*com"ing*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
unbecoming
adj 1: considered inappropriate for or unattractive on a particular
person; "an unbecoming style"
2: not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or
proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent
haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a
lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their
untoward ribaldry" [syn: {indecent}, {indecorous}, {uncomely},
{unseemly}, {untoward}]
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