unbefitting

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adjective

Not befitting; not appropriate or suitable.

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inappropriate
OriginEnglish befitting ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

unbefitting1

adjectiveunbefitting (comparative more unbefitting, superlative most unbefitting)

comparative more unbefitting · superlative most unbefitting

  1. Not befitting; not appropriate or suitable.

unbefitting2

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of unbefit

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot befitting

Similar
inappropriate
Also see
inappropriate

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishbefitting
  9. Englishunbefitting

From un- + befitting.

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Cite this entry
APA

unbefitting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbefitting

MLA

“unbefitting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbefitting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbefitting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbefitting.

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