| Pronunciation: | | `unbi'kuming
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [adj] 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"
- [adj] considered inappropriate for or unattractive on a particular person; "an unbecoming style"
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UNBECOMING is a 10 letter word that starts with U. |
| | Synonyms: | | improper, indecent, indecorous, uncomely, unseemly, untoward, unwearable |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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