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n. - The quality of not following the standards appropriate to one's position or condition of life

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Usage examples (22)
  • Adjective : an unbecoming hat; unbecoming language
  • If we sow indulgence we shall reap anger, selfishness, irritability, "unbecomingness" -- the spoiled child.
  • Too stunned to resist, I allowed her to dress my hair, tying back the sidelocks with primrose ribbon, clucking over the unfeminine unbecomingness of my shoulder-length bob.
  • Nevertheless this unbecomingness is outweighed by necessity: and for this reason such persons can plead either their own cause or that of persons closely connected with...
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