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un·be·com·ing [ˌʌnbɪˈkʌmɪŋ] ADJ

1. unbecoming (not flattering):

unbecoming

that hairstyle is unbecoming to her

diese Frisur steht ihr nicht

2. unbecoming behaviour, conduct:

unbecoming (unpleasant)

unbecoming (unpleasant)

unbecoming (unseemly)

unbecoming (unseemly)

unziemlich veraltend form

conduct unbecoming to an officer

ein Benehmen, das sich für einen Offizier nicht ziemt veraltend form

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

conduct unbecoming to an officer

ein Benehmen, das sich für einen Offizier nicht ziemt veraltend form

that hairstyle is unbecoming to her

diese Frisur steht ihr nicht

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The reasons include: incapacity, inefficiency, unbecoming conduct and just cause. en.wikipedia.org

Ornamentation on vestments should, moreover, consist of figures, that is, of images or symbols, that evoke sacred use, avoiding thereby anything unbecoming (n. 344). en.wikipedia.org

This extreme form of realism is sometimes considered both unbecoming of nations' aspirations and, ultimately, morally and spiritually unsatisfying for their individual people. en.wikipedia.org

It also resented his charge that the legislature failed to provide honorable salaries for judges and interfered in court decisions, calling his conduct... impertinent and unbecoming to his office. en.wikipedia.org

If a squire misses a ringing for a poor reason, break camp rules, or act in a fashion unbecoming of a squire, they may be stripped of their squire status. en.wikipedia.org

Women customarily do not drink very much as it is considered somewhat unbecoming. en.wikipedia.org

This kind of behaviour is unbecoming of a party that functions in an open democratic stage and especially one which leads the national government. en.wikipedia.org

Faced with the prospect of a court-martial for conduct unbecoming he was allowed to resign quietly, to avoid scandal in the regiment. en.wikipedia.org

It offers an unbecoming contrast with all the surrounding architecture both in scale and design. en.wikipedia.org

Burger stated that courts have the power to suspend or disbar lawyers from practicing before them for conduct unbecoming a member of the bar of the court. en.wikipedia.org

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