unbecoming
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bɪˈkʌm adjective
detracting from one's appearance, character, or reputation; unattractive or unseemly: an unbecoming hat; unbecoming language.
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| —adj (when postpositive, | |
| 1. | unsuitable or inappropriate, esp through being unattractive: an unbecoming hat |
| 2. | not proper or seemly (for): manners unbecoming a lady |
| unbe'comingly | |
| —adv | |
| unbe'comingness | |
| —n | |
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Unbecoming
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Example sentences
His infractions included conduct unbecoming an officer, using intemperate language and being drunk on duty.
Your arrogant,self absorbed musings about your personal life are unbecoming.
We are either glad or sorry at a gift, and both emotions are unbecoming.
If you support the bill for some other broader reasons, than elaborate, because this narrow focus is unbecoming of a skeptic.
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