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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misbecoming
Adjective
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Much of the film feels like Cronin grabbed a bunch of different clothes off a rack at a clothing store only to end up wearing a bizarrely mismatched outfit that never really comes together.—
Gregory Nussen,
Deadline,
16 Apr. 2026 -
The whimsical property, with its mismatched wallpaper, thrifted furniture, and colorful textiles, opened as an extension of its namesake housewares store in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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If there’s a business model committed to preserving editorial quality and value, resources to invest in growth, and operators who actually know how to run media properties, the ownership structure is irrelevant.—
Jonathan Hunt,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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Whatever entropy pre-existed in the Universe during inflation, or prior to it, is rendered wholly irrelevant.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In addition to reinforcing the fiduciary standards that are already in place for community associations, this will help to establish stronger grounds for claims involving unilateral acts by directors, inadequate reserve planning, inconsistent rules enforcement, or failures in management oversight.—
Evonne Andris,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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Maybe—but the effects are likely to be modest and inconsistent.—
Patricia Weiser,
Verywell Health,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In 2023, the Supreme Court declared the bill inapplicable.—
Javier Bastardo,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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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
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But the cost in dollars is immaterial to OpenAI, which just raised $122 billion.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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In such a scenario, the size of a warhead stockpile may prove immaterial, argued Eveleth.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In the meantime, the regular-size world gets populated with extraneous subplots that never earn much interest.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2026
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The researchers also built a filtering system to allow the headsets to focus only on the tiny vibrations in the skull caused by breathing and heartbeats, and remove any interference from extraneous head and body movement.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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For the previous four decades, the world had been deeply divided between two really incompatible systems.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
14 Apr. 2026
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Brenntag was cited for failing to label containers holding hazardous waste and storing two incompatible compounds next to each other without having anything to separate them.—
Caitlin McGlade,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Another former aide said that quiet guidance shared among female staffers focused on behavior that is legal, but nevertheless viewed as unprofessional and unbecoming of members of Congress — a line that has prevented many from speaking out publicly.—
Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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But doing things the easy way has been unbecoming of the Ducks, who fell behind by two goals, circled the wagons to force overtime but then stumbled in the bonus session, 4-3, off Marco Rossi’s OT winner.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Misbecoming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misbecoming. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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