befitting
adjective
suitable; proper; becoming.
unbefitting
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a word derived from
befitting.
Example Sentences
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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
The 6-foot-2, 202-pound safety has a title unbefitting of his job.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2023
The relationship was not “romantic or sexual” but “unguarded and unwise,” he said then, and included “coarse and foolish joking that’s unbefitting of someone in my position.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2022
A venerable instrument like itself, after thirty-five years of honorable service, thus to be forced to exhibit a levity so unbefitting its age and dignity!
From Harper's Young People, June 29, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
