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

Scottish tradition, quoted, I think, in some part of the Border Minstrelsy, ascribes to the clan of Tweedie, a family once stout and warlike, a descent which would not have misbecome a hero of antiquity.

From The Betrothed by Scott, Walter, Sir

On my head I place a sedately feathered bonnet, which would not have misbecome mother.

From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda

I have no wishes which misbecome a virtuous woman.

From The History of the Life of the Late Mr Jonathan Wild the Great by Fielding, Henry

That uniform may not misbecome constricted Mr. Meighen more than it did the spare Mr. Foster, or the lean Mr. Rowell.

From The Masques of Ottawa by Bridle, Augustus

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