misbecome

American  

[mis-bi-kuhm] / ˌmɪs bɪˈkʌm /

verb (used with object)

misbecame, misbecome, misbecoming

1. to be unsuitable, unbecoming, or unfit for.

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misbecome British  

/ ˌmɪsbɪˈkʌm /

verb

1. (tr) to be unbecoming to or unsuitable for

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Etymology

Origin of misbecome

First recorded in 1520–30; mis- ¹ + become

Example Sentences

And, indeed, I thought it did not wholly misbecome me as it was, being by nature curly.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

See all men else discharg'd; And since old debts are clear'd by a new way, A little bounty will not misbecome me.

From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)

I assure you it did not at all misbecome him; he looked quite Eastern, except that he is so fair.

From Villette by Brontë, Charlotte

Apparently the stranger, though habited as a Moslemin, was not insensible to the genius of the locality, nor indeed would his form and countenance have misbecome a contemporary of Pericles and Phidias.

From The Rise of Iskander by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

These wuz coward feelin's an' they misbecome me; the ache herein this heart uv mine had no business there.

From Second Book of Tales by Field, Eugene