Definition of unbecoming in English:

unbecoming

adjectiveʌnbɪˈkʌmɪŋˌənbəˈkəmɪŋ

1(especially of clothing or a colour) not flattering.
a stout lady in an unbecoming striped sundress
Example sentencesExamples
- Japan banned perms and required even geisha girls to wear the unbecoming peasant mompe (baggy trousers).
- ‘Stop wrinkling your nose,’ Cate snapped, ‘It's rather unbecoming, Genevieve.’
- Without giving approval, Prudie will tell you what a friend in a similar situation does: Every year she picks out a piece of clothing that is unbecoming and one size too small.
- Green with verdigris - not an unbecoming shade - and draped in robes, she holds in her hands two laurel wreaths.
- You should really close your mouth, it's really unbecoming.
- You tell me in the car that my red fingernail polish is unbecoming.
- They are only worn at Christmas, and are remarkably unbecoming.
- Do you not realize how unbecoming and unattractive these faux oxygen-sapping vocal inflections are?
- Scottish resources have always been thin and an unbecoming tug-of-war has broken out over several of the best under-21 players after the side's second win of the season against Italy.
- Tugging her limp hair, and leaning forward to inspect the unbecoming bags under her eyes, she sighed.
- You don't want all your hair standing on end, its very unbecoming.
- Essential for wearing under spaghetti strap vests, it has banished the unbecoming sight of curvy women tugging up their strapless numbers.
- I snickered as I watched Travers become an unbecoming shade of red.
- His face began to turn as red as hers, and a most unbecoming look of nervousness crossed his face before he answered,
- So take off that unbecoming frown.
- The idiot in the unbecoming South Sea island shirt spilled the straightforward chance at immortality and the England opener's confidence swelled almost visibly.
- After everyone is covered in paint (you wear an unbecoming white suit to protect your clothing), there is an opportunity for everyone to bash each other over the head with foam sticks.
- She went looking for him; found a man with an unbecoming moustache and eyes that stuck out ‘like a crayfish's’.
- It gets dirty too easily, and for a lot of people it's an unbecoming color.
- The fact of the matter is that the new design is unbecoming, and as much as it may have better target value it has even higher ugly value.
Synonyms
unflattering, unattractive, unsightly, plain, ugly, ugly-looking, hideous
unsuitable, unsuited, ill-suited
2(of behaviour) not fitting or appropriate; unseemly.
it was unbecoming for a university to do anything so crass as advertising its wares
Example sentencesExamples
- IT IS POSSIBLE - though I am reluctant to believe it - that my advocacy of reading aloud proposes activity too idiosyncratic, if not actually unbecoming, for most people.
- The following day, Pakistan followed suit by ordering three Indian diplomats to leave for ‘behaviour unbecoming of a diplomat’.
- Opinion columnists, meanwhile, busied themselves penning snide articles about Trollope, admonishing her for behaviour unbecoming of a grandmother of two.
- The most unbecoming thing you can do is get all catty with her.
- Either choice is unbecoming of a judicial candidate.
- From a practical standpoint, that's probably true… but there is something unbecoming all around.
- Lest anyone accuse the Times of unbecoming hubris, the redesign is characterized not just as ‘gentle’ but ‘modest.’
- Naivete is so unbecoming, especially in the jaded entertainment industry.
- The scandal-invoking inquiry into her personality that appeared instead was both unprofessional and unbecoming.
- I believe it's unbecoming for the well off to whine about high taxes, and inconsistent for those who advocate human rights to oppose all American military action.
- They maintain that Irving's conduct was unbecoming of a reputable historian.
- The weakness of the narrative derives from the realism the film achieves: the tigers are so believable - as real tigers and as multifaceted characters - that the film's fairytale ending is unbecoming.
- Instead of using coercion unbecoming of a republic, the best way to help other nations onto the path of freedom is to lead by example.
- It's unbecoming to say the least, and I'm not sure that he and I can carry on for too much longer without me setting some ground rules.
- Such an outburst is clearly unbecoming from a Senior Citizen.
- But their persecution complex is unbecoming because it is unrealistic.
- Nothing could be further from the truth, and the level of intellectual dishonesty apparent in Malanga's work is unbecoming of such an otherwise respectable journal.
- It's a little unbecoming for an older man to be ordering young women to wear bikinis and act out roles that might be called ‘male fantasies.’
- This behaviour is inexcusable and unbecoming of a registered medical practitioner.
- They think it is elitist, that it bestows on individuals a level importance unbecoming of sportspeople, especially those involved in team sports.
Synonyms
inappropriate, unfitting, unbefitting, unsuitable, unsuited, ill-suited, inapt, out of keeping, untoward, incorrect, unacceptable
unworthy of
improper, lacking in propriety, indecorous, unseemly, unladylike, ungentlemanly, unmannerly, undignified, indelicate, indecent, tasteless

Derivatives

unbecomingly

adverb

Days later, the Caricom summit's opening session heard Mr Manning's recriminations, unbecomingly and unhelpfully directed at former regional beneficiaries of T & T largesse.
Example sentencesExamples
- This sent her into even more dramatic hysterics and she began hiccuping unbecomingly.
- What she did know that it had been enough to cause her to slaver most unbecomingly.
- But when I'm in a hurry, I trip unbecomingly over anything that's in my way.
- Even very senior officers can beguiled into behaving unbecomingly, cruelly, and destructively while believing they are acting in the best tradition of the service.

unbecomingness

noun

Both of these, however, may be referred to the words which may happen to be sinful, either by reason of excess which belongs to ‘loquaciousness’, or by reason of unbecomingness, which belongs to ‘scurrility’.
Example sentencesExamples
- At this hour all will suspend or interrupt whatever they are doing if they can do so without unbecomingness.
- She deliberated the possible unbecomingness of her conduct no further.
- The unbecomingness and the charlatanism of an author's going around the country reading from the proofs of a book he is about to publish are degrading to literature.
- And for the same reason, the unbecomingness of that which is hated is felt more keenly than the becomingness of that which is loved.

Definition of unbecoming in US English:

unbecoming

adjectiveˌənbəˈkəmɪŋˌənbəˈkəmiNG

1(especially of clothing or a color) not flattering.
a stout lady in an unbecoming striped sundress
Example sentencesExamples
- She went looking for him; found a man with an unbecoming moustache and eyes that stuck out ‘like a crayfish's’.
- Japan banned perms and required even geisha girls to wear the unbecoming peasant mompe (baggy trousers).
- You tell me in the car that my red fingernail polish is unbecoming.
- Essential for wearing under spaghetti strap vests, it has banished the unbecoming sight of curvy women tugging up their strapless numbers.
- Scottish resources have always been thin and an unbecoming tug-of-war has broken out over several of the best under-21 players after the side's second win of the season against Italy.
- It gets dirty too easily, and for a lot of people it's an unbecoming color.
- His face began to turn as red as hers, and a most unbecoming look of nervousness crossed his face before he answered,
- After everyone is covered in paint (you wear an unbecoming white suit to protect your clothing), there is an opportunity for everyone to bash each other over the head with foam sticks.
- The idiot in the unbecoming South Sea island shirt spilled the straightforward chance at immortality and the England opener's confidence swelled almost visibly.
- I snickered as I watched Travers become an unbecoming shade of red.
- So take off that unbecoming frown.
- The fact of the matter is that the new design is unbecoming, and as much as it may have better target value it has even higher ugly value.
- Tugging her limp hair, and leaning forward to inspect the unbecoming bags under her eyes, she sighed.
- Do you not realize how unbecoming and unattractive these faux oxygen-sapping vocal inflections are?
- ‘Stop wrinkling your nose,’ Cate snapped, ‘It's rather unbecoming, Genevieve.’
- Without giving approval, Prudie will tell you what a friend in a similar situation does: Every year she picks out a piece of clothing that is unbecoming and one size too small.
- They are only worn at Christmas, and are remarkably unbecoming.
- You should really close your mouth, it's really unbecoming.
- Green with verdigris - not an unbecoming shade - and draped in robes, she holds in her hands two laurel wreaths.
- You don't want all your hair standing on end, its very unbecoming.
Synonyms
unflattering, unattractive, unsightly, plain, ugly, ugly-looking, hideous
1. 1.1 (of a person's attitude or behavior) not fitting or appropriate; unseemly.
  it was unbecoming for a university to do anything so crass as advertising its wares
  Example sentencesExamples
  I believe it's unbecoming for the well off to whine about high taxes, and inconsistent for those who advocate human rights to oppose all American military action.
  The scandal-invoking inquiry into her personality that appeared instead was both unprofessional and unbecoming.
  But their persecution complex is unbecoming because it is unrealistic.
  This behaviour is inexcusable and unbecoming of a registered medical practitioner.
  It's a little unbecoming for an older man to be ordering young women to wear bikinis and act out roles that might be called ‘male fantasies.’
  They maintain that Irving's conduct was unbecoming of a reputable historian.
  Opinion columnists, meanwhile, busied themselves penning snide articles about Trollope, admonishing her for behaviour unbecoming of a grandmother of two.
  Lest anyone accuse the Times of unbecoming hubris, the redesign is characterized not just as ‘gentle’ but ‘modest.’
  They think it is elitist, that it bestows on individuals a level importance unbecoming of sportspeople, especially those involved in team sports.
  IT IS POSSIBLE - though I am reluctant to believe it - that my advocacy of reading aloud proposes activity too idiosyncratic, if not actually unbecoming, for most people.
  The most unbecoming thing you can do is get all catty with her.
  Instead of using coercion unbecoming of a republic, the best way to help other nations onto the path of freedom is to lead by example.
  It's unbecoming to say the least, and I'm not sure that he and I can carry on for too much longer without me setting some ground rules.
  From a practical standpoint, that's probably true… but there is something unbecoming all around.
  Either choice is unbecoming of a judicial candidate.
  Nothing could be further from the truth, and the level of intellectual dishonesty apparent in Malanga's work is unbecoming of such an otherwise respectable journal.
  Such an outburst is clearly unbecoming from a Senior Citizen.
  The weakness of the narrative derives from the realism the film achieves: the tigers are so believable - as real tigers and as multifaceted characters - that the film's fairytale ending is unbecoming.
  Naivete is so unbecoming, especially in the jaded entertainment industry.
  The following day, Pakistan followed suit by ordering three Indian diplomats to leave for ‘behaviour unbecoming of a diplomat’.
  Synonyms
  inappropriate, unfitting, unbefitting, unsuitable, unsuited, ill-suited, inapt, out of keeping, untoward, incorrect, unacceptable

单词	unbecoming
释义	Definition of unbecoming in English: unbecoming adjectiveʌnbɪˈkʌmɪŋˌənbəˈkəmɪŋ 1(especially of clothing or a colour) not flattering. a stout lady in an unbecoming striped sundress Example sentencesExamples Japan banned perms and required even geisha girls to wear the unbecoming peasant mompe (baggy trousers). ‘Stop wrinkling your nose,’ Cate snapped, ‘It's rather unbecoming, Genevieve.’ Without giving approval, Prudie will tell you what a friend in a similar situation does: Every year she picks out a piece of clothing that is unbecoming and one size too small. Green with verdigris - not an unbecoming shade - and draped in robes, she holds in her hands two laurel wreaths. You should really close your mouth, it's really unbecoming. You tell me in the car that my red fingernail polish is unbecoming. They are only worn at Christmas, and are remarkably unbecoming. Do you not realize how unbecoming and unattractive these faux oxygen-sapping vocal inflections are? Scottish resources have always been thin and an unbecoming tug-of-war has broken out over several of the best under-21 players after the side's second win of the season against Italy. Tugging her limp hair, and leaning forward to inspect the unbecoming bags under her eyes, she sighed. You don't want all your hair standing on end, its very unbecoming. Essential for wearing under spaghetti strap vests, it has banished the unbecoming sight of curvy women tugging up their strapless numbers. I snickered as I watched Travers become an unbecoming shade of red. His face began to turn as red as hers, and a most unbecoming look of nervousness crossed his face before he answered, So take off that unbecoming frown. The idiot in the unbecoming South Sea island shirt spilled the straightforward chance at immortality and the England opener's confidence swelled almost visibly. After everyone is covered in paint (you wear an unbecoming white suit to protect your clothing), there is an opportunity for everyone to bash each other over the head with foam sticks. She went looking for him; found a man with an unbecoming moustache and eyes that stuck out ‘like a crayfish's’. It gets dirty too easily, and for a lot of people it's an unbecoming color. The fact of the matter is that the new design is unbecoming, and as much as it may have better target value it has even higher ugly value. Synonyms unflattering, unattractive, unsightly, plain, ugly, ugly-looking, hideous unsuitable, unsuited, ill-suited 2(of behaviour) not fitting or appropriate; unseemly. it was unbecoming for a university to do anything so crass as advertising its wares Example sentencesExamples IT IS POSSIBLE - though I am reluctant to believe it - that my advocacy of reading aloud proposes activity too idiosyncratic, if not actually unbecoming, for most people. The following day, Pakistan followed suit by ordering three Indian diplomats to leave for ‘behaviour unbecoming of a diplomat’. Opinion columnists, meanwhile, busied themselves penning snide articles about Trollope, admonishing her for behaviour unbecoming of a grandmother of two. The most unbecoming thing you can do is get all catty with her. Either choice is unbecoming of a judicial candidate. From a practical standpoint, that's probably true… but there is something unbecoming all around. Lest anyone accuse the Times of unbecoming hubris, the redesign is characterized not just as ‘gentle’ but ‘modest.’ Naivete is so unbecoming, especially in the jaded entertainment industry. The scandal-invoking inquiry into her personality that appeared instead was both unprofessional and unbecoming. I believe it's unbecoming for the well off to whine about high taxes, and inconsistent for those who advocate human rights to oppose all American military action. They maintain that Irving's conduct was unbecoming of a reputable historian. The weakness of the narrative derives from the realism the film achieves: the tigers are so believable - as real tigers and as multifaceted characters - that the film's fairytale ending is unbecoming. Instead of using coercion unbecoming of a republic, the best way to help other nations onto the path of freedom is to lead by example. It's unbecoming to say the least, and I'm not sure that he and I can carry on for too much longer without me setting some ground rules. Such an outburst is clearly unbecoming from a Senior Citizen. But their persecution complex is unbecoming because it is unrealistic. Nothing could be further from the truth, and the level of intellectual dishonesty apparent in Malanga's work is unbecoming of such an otherwise respectable journal. It's a little unbecoming for an older man to be ordering young women to wear bikinis and act out roles that might be called ‘male fantasies.’ This behaviour is inexcusable and unbecoming of a registered medical practitioner. They think it is elitist, that it bestows on individuals a level importance unbecoming of sportspeople, especially those involved in team sports. Synonyms inappropriate, unfitting, unbefitting, unsuitable, unsuited, ill-suited, inapt, out of keeping, untoward, incorrect, unacceptable unworthy of improper, lacking in propriety, indecorous, unseemly, unladylike, ungentlemanly, unmannerly, undignified, indelicate, indecent, tasteless Derivatives unbecomingly adverb Days later, the Caricom summit's opening session heard Mr Manning's recriminations, unbecomingly and unhelpfully directed at former regional beneficiaries of T & T largesse. Example sentencesExamples This sent her into even more dramatic hysterics and she began hiccuping unbecomingly. What she did know that it had been enough to cause her to slaver most unbecomingly. But when I'm in a hurry, I trip unbecomingly over anything that's in my way. Even very senior officers can beguiled into behaving unbecomingly, cruelly, and destructively while believing they are acting in the best tradition of the service. unbecomingness noun Both of these, however, may be referred to the words which may happen to be sinful, either by reason of excess which belongs to ‘loquaciousness’, or by reason of unbecomingness, which belongs to ‘scurrility’. Example sentencesExamples At this hour all will suspend or interrupt whatever they are doing if they can do so without unbecomingness. She deliberated the possible unbecomingness of her conduct no further. The unbecomingness and the charlatanism of an author's going around the country reading from the proofs of a book he is about to publish are degrading to literature. And for the same reason, the unbecomingness of that which is hated is felt more keenly than the becomingness of that which is loved. Definition of unbecoming in US English: unbecoming adjectiveˌənbəˈkəmɪŋˌənbəˈkəmiNG 1(especially of clothing or a color) not flattering. a stout lady in an unbecoming striped sundress Example sentencesExamples She went looking for him; found a man with an unbecoming moustache and eyes that stuck out ‘like a crayfish's’. Japan banned perms and required even geisha girls to wear the unbecoming peasant mompe (baggy trousers). You tell me in the car that my red fingernail polish is unbecoming. Essential for wearing under spaghetti strap vests, it has banished the unbecoming sight of curvy women tugging up their strapless numbers. Scottish resources have always been thin and an unbecoming tug-of-war has broken out over several of the best under-21 players after the side's second win of the season against Italy. It gets dirty too easily, and for a lot of people it's an unbecoming color. His face began to turn as red as hers, and a most unbecoming look of nervousness crossed his face before he answered, After everyone is covered in paint (you wear an unbecoming white suit to protect your clothing), there is an opportunity for everyone to bash each other over the head with foam sticks. The idiot in the unbecoming South Sea island shirt spilled the straightforward chance at immortality and the England opener's confidence swelled almost visibly. I snickered as I watched Travers become an unbecoming shade of red. So take off that unbecoming frown. The fact of the matter is that the new design is unbecoming, and as much as it may have better target value it has even higher ugly value. Tugging her limp hair, and leaning forward to inspect the unbecoming bags under her eyes, she sighed. Do you not realize how unbecoming and unattractive these faux oxygen-sapping vocal inflections are? ‘Stop wrinkling your nose,’ Cate snapped, ‘It's rather unbecoming, Genevieve.’ Without giving approval, Prudie will tell you what a friend in a similar situation does: Every year she picks out a piece of clothing that is unbecoming and one size too small. They are only worn at Christmas, and are remarkably unbecoming. You should really close your mouth, it's really unbecoming. Green with verdigris - not an unbecoming shade - and draped in robes, she holds in her hands two laurel wreaths. You don't want all your hair standing on end, its very unbecoming. Synonyms unflattering, unattractive, unsightly, plain, ugly, ugly-looking, hideous 1.1 (of a person's attitude or behavior) not fitting or appropriate; unseemly. it was unbecoming for a university to do anything so crass as advertising its wares Example sentencesExamples I believe it's unbecoming for the well off to whine about high taxes, and inconsistent for those who advocate human rights to oppose all American military action. The scandal-invoking inquiry into her personality that appeared instead was both unprofessional and unbecoming. But their persecution complex is unbecoming because it is unrealistic. This behaviour is inexcusable and unbecoming of a registered medical practitioner. It's a little unbecoming for an older man to be ordering young women to wear bikinis and act out roles that might be called ‘male fantasies.’ They maintain that Irving's conduct was unbecoming of a reputable historian. Opinion columnists, meanwhile, busied themselves penning snide articles about Trollope, admonishing her for behaviour unbecoming of a grandmother of two. Lest anyone accuse the Times of unbecoming hubris, the redesign is characterized not just as ‘gentle’ but ‘modest.’ They think it is elitist, that it bestows on individuals a level importance unbecoming of sportspeople, especially those involved in team sports. IT IS POSSIBLE - though I am reluctant to believe it - that my advocacy of reading aloud proposes activity too idiosyncratic, if not actually unbecoming, for most people. The most unbecoming thing you can do is get all catty with her. Instead of using coercion unbecoming of a republic, the best way to help other nations onto the path of freedom is to lead by example. It's unbecoming to say the least, and I'm not sure that he and I can carry on for too much longer without me setting some ground rules. From a practical standpoint, that's probably true… but there is something unbecoming all around. Either choice is unbecoming of a judicial candidate. Nothing could be further from the truth, and the level of intellectual dishonesty apparent in Malanga's work is unbecoming of such an otherwise respectable journal. Such an outburst is clearly unbecoming from a Senior Citizen. The weakness of the narrative derives from the realism the film achieves: the tigers are so believable - as real tigers and as multifaceted characters - that the film's fairytale ending is unbecoming. Naivete is so unbecoming, especially in the jaded entertainment industry. The following day, Pakistan followed suit by ordering three Indian diplomats to leave for ‘behaviour unbecoming of a diplomat’. Synonyms inappropriate, unfitting, unbefitting, unsuitable, unsuited, ill-suited, inapt, out of keeping, untoward, incorrect, unacceptable
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