misbecome

Though she was now long past her fiftieth year, Elizabeth, on the whole, did not misbecome her magnificent apparel.
Hildebrand|Anonymous
A careless song, with a little nonsense in it now and then, does not misbecome a monarch.
Familiar Quotations|John Bartlett
And, indeed, I thought it did not wholly misbecome me as it was, being by nature curly.
St. Ives|Robert Louis Stevenson
She did so with a simple, quiet dignity, that would not have misbecome a duchess.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865|Various

The greater portion of Roman law is expressed in terms which would not misbecome scientific or speculative treatises.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 5|Various

British Dictionary definitions for misbecome

misbecome

/ (ˌmɪsbɪˈkʌm) /

verb -comes, -coming or -came

(tr) to be unbecoming to or unsuitable for

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