misbecoming

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for misbecoming
Adjective
  • As their mismatched personalities stir tension with each other — and the group — old resentments bubble up, forcing them to reckon with their relationship and the lives waiting for them back home.
    Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The feline's owner took to the platform on June 14, posting under her account @baileybo, to show off her black cat's striking looks thanks to mismatched pupils.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Leading up to kickoff of Belichick’s debut at Chapel Hill, college football, this community and certainly the TV networks were thrilled with the prospect of this grouchy old man turning an irrelevant football team into something worth watching.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Natural gas fulfills much of this need, while coal is dirtier, expensive, and increasingly irrelevant for electricity production.
    Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Too inconsistent for Andoni Iraola’s liking, only averaging a goal or assist every 175 minutes in all competitions last season, his talent isn’t in doubt, but can Keith Andrews turn Brentford’s record signing into a top-level Premier League player?
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The combination of his age, declining offensive efficiency, high-volume turnovers and inconsistent play likely plays a factor.
    Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 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
  • The justifications for the slaughter which started out so white hot after October 7th have cooled now, become more immaterial and incoherent.
    Jack Sheehan September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Relative to Rhode Island’s annual budget of nearly $14 billion, this increase in tax collections represents an immaterial impact.
    Nathan Goldman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The recent economic downturn has forced consumers to cut extraneous costs like adult content subscriptions.
    Jasmine Mithani, Them., 3 Sep. 2025
  • Maybe that’s why, compared with some other kinds of nitpickers, pop critics can seem especially extraneous.
    Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Co-starring Rachel McAdams, the tonal mashup chronicles two incompatible work colleagues who crash land on a deserted island and have to find a way to work together for the sake of survival.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Behaviour incompatible with the team ethic undermined Enciso’s Brighton career.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The folks at Fox (News) are like, ‘Oh, this is so unbecoming of a governor.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025
  • While being a glory hog is unbecoming, business leaders need to communicate their AI plans, processes and goals to increase trust—in their leadership and plans—and ensure adoption at scale within their organization.
    Daniel Ramsey, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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“Misbecoming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misbecoming. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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