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misbeˈcomingness
[-ness.]
The quality or condition of being misbecoming; also, in particularized use, an unbecoming characteristic.
1644Digby Nat. Bodies xxviii. §8 One great misbecomingnesse he was apt to fall into, whiles he spoke: which was an vncertainty in the tone of his voyce. 1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. Ep. Ded., 'Tis a misbecomingness to have a doing Philosophy set forth by a talking Philosopher. a1704Locke Notes Ephes. v. 3 Wks. 1714 III. 376 What indecency or misbecomingness is it among Christians to name covetousness? |