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unbefitting

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Adj.1.unbefittingunbefitting - not befitting; "behavior unbefitting a father"
inappropriate - not suitable for a particular occasion etc; "noise seems inappropriate at a time of sadness"; "inappropriate shoes for a walk on the beach"; "put inappropriate pressure on them"
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Pegler, in affectionate championship, 'that I should keep down in my own part, and I have no doubts that if I was here I should do a many unbefitting things, and I am well contented, and I can keep my pride in my Josiah to myself, and I can love for love's own sake
Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context
Farr be it, that I should write thee sin or blame, Or think thee unbefitting holiest place, Perpetual Fountain of Domestic sweets, Whose Bed is undefil'd and chast pronounc't, Present, or past, as Saints and Patriarchs us'd.
Paradise Lost by Milton, John View in context
At the Gates of Learning we were taught that to abstain from action was unbefitting a Sahib.
Kim by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
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