[ adj ] not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society <adj.all> was buried with indecent hasteindecorous behavior language unbecoming to a lady unseemly to use profanity moved to curb their untoward ribaldry
Unbecoming \Un`be*com"ing\, a. [Pref. un- not + becoming.] Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper.
My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall. --Dryden. ※ -- {Un`be*com"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Un`be*com"ing*ness}, n.
In 1881, he was charged with embezzling $3,791 and with conduct unbecoming an officer.
But the statue has been acting up lately, acquiring the unbecoming habit of foaming at the mouth.
The army said the soldier was convicted of "unbecoming conduct," but would not reveal his name or the sentence.
"No," he said. "I thought that remark was a cheap shot and unbecoming a senator of the United States." When asked if it was a mistake for Quayle to make the comparison in the first place, Reagan said, "No.
He was sentenced by the same panel of eight officers that found him guilty Friday of attempted murder and two counts of conduct unbecoming an officer, involving perjury and adultery.
At a court-martial MacColl said was plagued with "racism and irregularities," Flipper was acquitted of theft but convicted of unbecoming conduct.
All 21 have been charged with mutiny, murder, attempted murder and conduct unbecoming an officer.
Richard Mendenhall, a 23-year veteran of the U.S. Postal Service, will be suspended from May 20 to June 2 for "conduct unbecoming a postal employee," according to his suspension documents.
The ANC has referred to the soccer team's activities as "unbecoming," whereas leaders in South Africa accused it of waging a "reign of terror" in Soweto.
"No, I think that remark was a cheap shot and unbecoming a senator of the United States," the president said.
Ray was excommunicated by the church in 1984 for conduct unbecoming a member and later pleaded no contest to child molesting.