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unbeseeming

adjective

Definition of unbeseemingnext
as in inappropriate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbeseeming
  1. inappropriate
  2. improper
  3. unseemly
  4. incongruous
  5. unsuitable
  6. inapplicable
  7. unfitting
  8. unfit
Adjective
  • The Star spoke to 11 current and former employees who have worked for Sanders and who all detailed various types of abuse and inappropriate behavior that had allegedly taken place at their workplace.
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The inappropriate touching included slapping her on the buttocks and touching her hair and thighs, the report states.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of inappropriate
Adjective
  • Common exclusions can include pre-existing conditions, improper maintenance or installation, structural problems and certain issues involving rust, corrosion or sediment buildup.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Medicare, Medicaid, the Earned Income Tax Credit and SNAP were the four government programs with the highest amount of improper payments in 2025.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of improper
Adjective
  • Perhaps an excited friend lets on about a surprise party, or a co-worker dishes up some unseemly office gossip.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Casting a shadow, though, was that controversy over Balogun’s reinstatement, and the unseemly likelihood politics have butted in where politics don’t belong and should never be.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026
Definition of unseemly
Adjective
  • While this may seem incongruous with some of his emotional displays on the field, coaches with different backgrounds and specialties have consistently described Crow-Armstrong as approachable and teachable.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Four permeable areas share the overall space of the galleries, which are separated into a trio of ocean zones—Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic—and one incongruous but central sea, the Mediterranean.
    — George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of incongruous
Adjective
  • Guy acknowledges, though, that this could lead to the level of chaos depicted in a memorable 2009 episode of The Office, where staff show up in an array of unsuitable outfits.
    — Chloe Veltman, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026
  • That could allow geothermal projects to operate in locations that have traditionally been considered unsuitable for geothermal development.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of unsuitable
Adjective
  • But Dwyer suggests that, in practice, the medical model is often simply inapplicable to people with high support needs.
    — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 18 Aug. 2026
  • False endorsement and misappropriation, FanDuel could insist, are inapplicable to a personalized video setting where the video’s talent voluntarily assents in exchange for compensation.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of inapplicable
Adjective
  • Megan Rapinoe smiling through teary eyes, her emotions clashing as the end of her famed career ambles to an unfitting close.
    — Candace Buckner, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • His usual formula—high energy, frolicsome, all fast cuts—seemed unfitting.
    — Simon Parkin, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2022
Definition of unfitting
Adjective
  • At the Premier League’s semi-regular meetings between heads of recruitment some have argued that the five-step process is outdated and unfit for purpose.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • But in Meriwether’s hands, the show became a propulsive exploration of both women’s trauma and the misogynistic criminal justice system that’s unfit to deal with it.
    — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of unfit
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“Unbeseeming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbeseeming. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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