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单词 unbefitting
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unbefittingadj.

Brit. /ˌʌnbᵻˈfɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənbəˈfɪdɪŋ/
Etymology: un- prefix1 4, 7b
Not befitting or suitable:
a. Without const.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > unseemliness or unbecomingness > [adjective]
unthewfulc1050
unhend?c1225
uncomelyc1230
unseemlya1300
unseeminga1340
unseemc1425
untowardly1483
indecent1570
unbeseeming1583
uncivil1586
unbecoming1598
unbefitting1598
unhandsome1645
untoward1658
incorrect1672
indecorous1682
outré1722
improper1739
indelicate1741
unproper1797
pah1835
it is not (frequently isn't) done1879
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [adjective]
unbecomelyc1200
uncomelyc1230
unsetec1325
unconablea1340
unhonestc1380
unsitting1390
undue1398
ungainanda1400
disconvenienta1425
unjustc1443
unconvenient1450
unsoundablec1450
inconvenientc1460
unorderly1471
mis-seeminga1522
unconvenable1542
undecent1546
ungreeing1560
graceless1562
unsetting1567
unhovable1570
ill1586
uncouth1589
unfittinga1592
unbeseeming1593
seemless1596
unbecoming1598
unbefitting1598
ill-seta1627
unbeseemly1648
ungainlya1660
indecorous1681
paw-paw1723
ungain-like1796
jive1971
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective]
unbecomelyc1200
uncomelyc1230
unseemlya1300
unsetec1325
unseemly1338
unconablea1340
unseeminga1340
uncovenablec1374
unsitting1390
undue1398
ungainanda1400
unseemc1425
unjustc1443
unconvenient1450
unsoundablec1450
unhonestc1503
inconvenienta1513
mis-seeminga1522
unconvenable1542
undecent1546
graceless1562
unsetting1567
indecent1570
misbecoming1589
misbeseeming1589
uncouth1589
unbeseeming1593
seemless1596
unbecoming1598
unbefitting1598
wry1601
disbecominga1639
unbeseemly1648
improper1739
ugly1879
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > unseemly
unthewfulc1050
unbecomelyc1200
unhend?c1225
uncomelyc1230
unseemlya1300
unsetec1325
unconablea1340
uncovenablec1374
unsitting1390
undue1398
ungainanda1400
unlikelya1425
unconvenient1450
unsoundablec1450
unorderly1471
unhonestc1503
inconvenienta1513
mis-seeminga1522
unconvenable1542
undecent1546
unsetting1567
indecent1570
uncouth1589
unfittinga1592
unbeseeming1593
seemless1596
unbecoming1598
unbefitting1598
unbeseemly1648
untoward1658
indecorous1682
ungain-like1796
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective]
unkinOE
un-i-feieOE
unbecomelyc1200
amissc1325
wrongousa1350
uncovenablec1374
unsitting1390
undue1398
ungainanda1400
unquemea1400
inconvenientc1400
unlikelyc1405
disconvenienta1425
impertinenta1425
discovenablec1436
unmeetc1440
wrongc1440
unjustc1443
unbehovablec1450
inconvenientc1460
uncordial1488
unmeetly1534
unapt1539
unfit1548
incommodious1553
ungreeing1560
impertinent1565
stravagant1565
unproper1566
improper1570
unhovable1570
unapt1579
unbeseeming1583
unsuitablea1586
unappliable1588
unapt1588
unlikely1590
unfittinga1592
unfitted1592
unsuiting1596
unbefitting1598
unsorted1598
unsuited1598
contrary1600
impair1609
unfitty1613
incompetible1621
incongruous1623
infita1626
uncompetiblea1628
inaccommodatea1657
inapplicable1656
inconcinnate1657
inconcinnous1662
inept1675
unaccommodatea1676
incommode1678
indecorous1681
untoward1682
unapplicable1690
insuitable1692
unsuit1704
malapropos1709
inapt1744
out of place1748
uncongenial1788
unfit-like1796
ungain-like1796
inappropriate1804
unadapted1805
dissuitable1807
dissuited1819
ineligible1828
infelicitous1835
unapropos1840
butt-ended1850
malappropriate1851
ungenial1871
misappropriate1878
unbecoming1893
unappropriate1898
unadjusted1899
offside1910
off-key1943
improbable1958
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 752 Loue is full of vnbefitting straines. View more context for this quotation
1659 J. Milton Treat. Civil Power 48 Then was the state of rigor, childhood, bondage and works, to all which force was not unbefitting.
1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. ix. 382 To imagine that..were of all extravagances the most wild and unbefitting.
1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel viii. 472 It would be unbefitting to speak of the Creator as the ‘throne’ of the creature.
1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors III. ii. 34 Mrs. Blathenoy resented her unbefitting queenly style.
b. Governing a noun. (Cf. befit v. 1.)
ΚΠ
a1643 J. Shute Judgem. & Mercy (1645) 198 Moses..loved not to..provoke him [Pharaoh] and use him unbefitting a Magistrate.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 759 Farr be it, that I should..think thee unbefitting holiest place. View more context for this quotation
1814 L. Hunt Feast of Poets 70 The stanza..has always an air of direct imitation, which is unbefitting the dignity of an original seriousness.
1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am vii She never wore a garment unbefitting her years.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 115 A species of rest..not unbefitting the day.

Derivatives

unbeˈfittingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > unseemliness or unbecomingness > [adverb]
unhonestlyc1380
uncomelya1400
unseemlya1400
uncomelilyc1420
unseemlily1483
indecently1589
undecently1589
grossly1600
unseemingly1619
unbeseeming1645
widely1665
indelicately1800
indecorously1818
unbefittingly1871
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [adverb]
evilOE
wrongc1175
unworthlyc1200
unkindly?c1225
ungraithlya1300
unkindlyc1300
wrongly1303
unconablya1340
unworthily1377
ungoodlyc1380
falsely1393
uncomelya1400
unsittinglyc1412
uncomelilyc1420
unorderly1471
ungainlya1500
ill?1529
unmeetly1533
unconveniently1538
undecently1563
unproperly1604
unbeseemingly1617
viciously1617
unbecomingly1653
abusefully1656
unbefittingly1871
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adverb] > in unseemly manner
unworthlyc1200
unconablya1340
unworthily1377
unhonestlyc1380
uncovenablya1382
uncomelya1400
unseemlya1400
unsittinglyc1412
uncomelilyc1420
foula1450
unmeetly1533
unconveniently1538
undecently1563
unbeseemingly1617
unbeseeming1645
unbecomingly1653
indecorously1818
unbefittingly1871
1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos iv. 49 The form which these seven letters or addresses assume is unique; or, as it has not unbefittingly been called, ‘artistic’.
unbeˈfittingness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [noun]
unconablenessa1340
unconabletya1340
unlikelinessa1413
ungrace1430
disconveniencec1450
wangrace1513
uncomeliness1542
improperty1555
unproperness1561
unmeetness1574
unhandsomeness1598
unbeseemingness1623
unbecomingness1652
impropriety1697
indecence1714
paw-pawness1828
unadaptedness1846
unbefittingness1865
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [noun]
inconvenience1413
uncompetence?1541
unaptness1548
improperty1555
unaptness1557
unproperness1561
impertinency1573
unmeetness1574
disagreement1580
unfitnessa1586
unsuitablenessa1586
incongruity1597
inconvenientness1600
improperness1612
indispositiona1613
insuitability1612
ineptitude1615
impertinence1616
inconcinnity1616
infelicity1617
unbeseemingness1623
ineptness1633
impertinentness1645
incompatibility1659
incompetibilitya1660
disaccommodationa1676
indecorousness1681
indisposednessa1684
inaptitudea1688
impropriety1697
wrongness1726
ineligibility1795
inaptness1814
unsuitability1814
unappropriateness1838
unadaptedness1846
inappropriateness1847
unfittingness1861
unbefittingness1865
ineligibleness1881
1865 E. B. Pusey Eirenicon 194 The longing for the vision of God, from which the unbefittingness, yet cleaving to her, still excludes her.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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