misbecoming

Definition of misbecomingnext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misbecoming
Adjective
  • Afterwards, take a welcome breather at nearby Hidden Gem Coffee, filled with mismatched, upcycled furniture (including car parts transformed into chairs).
    Tamara Hinson, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Mar. 2026
  • This can include scratches, dents, chipped paint and even mismatched units if your warranty coverage leads to a replacement that doesn’t match your other appliances.
    Dan Simms, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Being an irrelevant subject in the production of capital is an increasingly common positionality—and this is especially true for people who have been displaced by war or whose national economy has been significantly reordered by neoliberal reform.
    Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Everything the Rockies wanted to show their shivering fans was different about this team became irrelevant.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The veteran forward spent the previous 3 1/2 seasons with the Ducks, but struggled to produce during inconsistent playing time from Quenneville before his departure at the deadline.
    CBS News, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • After an inconsistent season as a pitcher last spring, Gluting is ready to break out in that aspect of the game as well.
    Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
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
  • But the cost in dollars is immaterial to OpenAI, which just raised $122 billion.
    Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • In such a scenario, the size of a warhead stockpile may prove immaterial, argued Eveleth.
    Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • Over the past week, Dru Smith has been essential in a mix of three point guards and extraneous when only two at point were featured.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler, which famously incorporates a variety of incompatible genres.
    Daniel Birnbaum, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
  • In contrast, post-liberals sharply distinguish the libertarian project (in all its forms) from genuine conservatism, arguing that the latter requires a commitment to social cohesion that is incompatible with unrestrained individualism.
    Suzanne Schneider, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The worker was accused of failing to safeguard confidential patient information, conduct unbecoming of a public employee and other offenses.
    Joe Brandt, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Gena brought me back to my childhood faith – in which compromise was unbecoming, transparency was a virtue, humility was required, and belief was daily practiced.
    Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 21 Mar. 2026
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“Misbecoming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misbecoming. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.

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