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

"A careless song with a little nonsense in it now and then does not misbecome a monarch."

From Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 by Brady, Cyrus Townsend

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

As the crimson-purple, plume-like prince's feather has its own royal charm in Southern gardens beside the pale and placidlily, so these luxuriant adornments, do not misbecome his full and not too fleshy person.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 by Various

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 could not but be amused by the skill with which he performed the hard task of translating the gibberish of bigots into language which might not misbecome the mouth of a man of sense.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron