misbecome

Etymology

mis- + become

verb

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To be unsuitable for; not to befit.
    It misbecame him to appear in the character of a mediator of peace, in a quarrel, the futility of which he had presumed to judge and hastily condemn. 1802, John Duncan, An appendix to seasonable hints to the younger part of the Clergy of the Church of England

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