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Federalists in Congress said the columned walkways had a whiff of aristocracy unbefitting the building’s democratic simplicity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

The LSK denounced his shooting as unbefitting for "any sane democracy".

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025

In a letter to his own top energy officials Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom described the blackouts as “unacceptable and unbefitting of the nation’s largest and most innovative state.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2020

The Polish ambassador to the United States, Piotr Wilczek, called Mr. Fulop’s comments “false, hurtful and unbefitting of international dialogue between office holders of two allied countries.”

From New York Times • May 11, 2018

Any active participation on her side thus seemed unnecessary, and even unbefitting, finally, though only in comparatively modern times, disgusting and actually degrading.

From Little Essays of Love and Virtue by Ellis, Havelock