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English
Etymology
From mis- + become.
Verb
misbecome (third-person singular simple present misbecomes, present participle misbecoming, simple past misbecame, past participle misbecome)
- (transitive, obsolete) To be unsuitable for; not to befit.
1802, John Duncan, An appendix to seasonable hints to the younger part of the Clergy of the Church of England: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.
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