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English Dictionary: unbecoming by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
unbecoming
adj
  1. not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry"
    Synonym(s): indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Unbecoming \Un`be*com"ing\, a. [Pref. un- not + becoming.]
      Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper.
  
               My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall.   --Dryden.
      -- {Un`be*com"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Un`be*com"ing*ness}, n.
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