beseem
verb (used with object)
to be fit for or worthy of; become.
unbeseeming
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a word derived from
beseem.
Example Sentences
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That is not out of disrespect to you, but because I think it would be unbeseeming to me.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
Gregory Nazianzen a Father of the Church, thought it not unbeseeming the sanctity of his person to write a Tragedy which he entitl'd, Christ suffering.
From The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton
The honourable gentleman next charges me with an unbeseeming haughtiness of tone, in deeming that the House had pledged itself to the present measure by their late vote for the continuance of the war.
From The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838 by James Gillman
Never expresse any thing unbeseeming, nor act against the Rules morall, before thy inferiours, For in these things, thy own guilt will multiply Crimes by example, and as it were, confirme Ill by authority. 60th.
From George Washington's Rules of Civility Traced to their Sources and Restored by Moncure D. Conway by Moncure Daniel Conway
It were a foolish and ridiculous counsel, unbeseeming the poor wisdom of man, to purpose the glorifying of man whom he had not yet determined to create.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
