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单词 unbeseem
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unbeseemv.

Etymology: un- prefix1 7a.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unbeˈseem.
1. transitive. To be unseemly or unbecoming for (a person); to suit (one) badly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [verb (transitive)]
mis-seema1500
unbefit1621
unbeseema1657
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > be morally improper for [verb (transitive)]
mis-seema1500
misbecome1530
misbeseem1594
unbefit1621
disbecome1632
unbeseema1657
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [verb (transitive)] > be unseemly for
missita1393
mis-seema1500
unbefit1621
unbeseema1657
a1657 R. Loveday Lett. (1663) 30 I..write his Letters, and [do] whatever else that unbeseems not his command or my obedience.
1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. iii. Pref. sig. A ij Passionate emotions, personal reflexions, or whatever may unbeseem one that lies under essential obligation [etc.].
1846 H. G. Robinson Odes of Horace ii. xii Whom it ne'er unbeseem'd to bear foot in the dance.
2. To fail in, fall short of.
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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail in [verb (transitive)] > fail to satisfy expectation, etc.
to be wanting to1539
unbeseem1814
1814 Ld. Byron To Ianthe in Childe Harold: Cantos I & II (ed. 7) i. 4 Ah! may'st thou ever be what now thou art, Nor unbeseem the promise of thy spring.
1870 E. Creasy Hist. Eng. II. 336 But he soon unbeseemed that promise.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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