Dictionary entry

Unbecoming

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.