misbecoming

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for misbecoming
Adjective
  • Rather, his dream dissipated into a torrent of mismatched expectations, bad luck, and fear that the project might really be cursed by an unseen force.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Such mismatched windows can be a sign that an interior wall conceals unused space or that a room has been sealed off during renovations.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Each was played a stream of speech that contained relevant comments and other irrelevant information, all spoken in a flat tone.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Its cable properties are increasingly irrelevant in the market, and networks like Logo, MTV and TV Land have been starved of new content for years.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • By the end of the season, one of the biggest conversations regarding the WNBA revolved around what many saw as inconsistent officiating, which can arguably result in mixed messages about what level of physicality is allowed on the court.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Fairlead Strategies or its affiliates may have positions in financial instruments mentioned, may have acquired such positions at prices no longer available, and may have interests different from or adverse to your interests or inconsistent with the advice herein.
    Katie Stockton, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In 2023, the Supreme Court declared the bill inapplicable.
    Javier Bastardo, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Here are the kicking motion rules, which the NHL deemed inapplicable given their determination that Hellebuyck propelled the puck into his own net.
    Murat Ates, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Adjective
  • How and when, exactly, that divorce occurs is immaterial; there’s no coming back from this, and Penn State and Franklin both need something new.
    Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Hence, there is no immortal or immaterial soul, no afterlife, all is explained by the movements of matter.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Our commerce writer Julia Harrison writes that her Moccamaster One Cup is a delight, principally because of its simplicity as a drip coffee maker—free of extraneous frothers or digital interfaces or timers.
    Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025
  • If someone is furloughed, the thinking goes, they could more easily be seen as extraneous, giving the Administration an easier path to arguing they aren’t needed at all.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Posobiec’s early techniques seemed incompatible with establishing a serious political career.
    Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Multinationals now operate under two incompatible regulatory regimes, forced to navigate between them with little clarity.
    Lizzi C. Lee, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This is unbecoming of the office.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
  • By their own admission, this leads to a loss of a state religion and an exploration of different possible lifestyles unbecoming of a true American.
    Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 14 Sep. 2025
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“Misbecoming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misbecoming. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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