unbefitv.
transitive. To be unfitting or unbecoming for.
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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
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [verb (transitive)] > be unseemly for
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mis-seema1500
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1621 F. Quarles Hadassa Med. 10 in Wks. (1880) II. 57/2 Kings by their Royall priuiledge may doe, What vnbefits a mind to search into.
1624 F. Quarles Iob Militant xvi. 104 It vnbefits our wills, to stint his pleasure.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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