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Example sentences for "unbefitting"

Lexicographically close words:
unbeatable; unbeaten; unbeautiful; unbecoming; unbecomingly; unbegotten; unbeknown; unbeknownst; unbelief; unbelievable
  1. The fathers, doctors, and scholastic theologians, and the methods of scholastic theology, are criticised with an air of superior wisdom unbefitting any Catholic writer, but especially a tyro in theological science.

  2. The consternation in England when their departure, so unbefitting royalty, was discovered, can scarcely be imagined.

  3. If it is from authority, it seems unbefitting its dignity, for the proof from authority is the weakest form of proof.

  4. But if it is from reason, this is unbefitting its end, because, according to Gregory (Hom.

  5. Thus anger that might become a layman might be unbefitting in a churchman; and a man might be thought loquacious if he talked as much as a discreet matron.

  6. But he was up already, and busy with words unbefitting the mouth of an elder of the kirk.

  7. Adela was suffering from a tendency to levity, which she knew to be unbefitting the occasion, and likely to defeat its significance.

  8. If thou lovest the man, say so without such silly maunderings, which are most unbefitting of thy years.


  9. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "unbefitting" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    bad; below; futile; impolitic; improper; inadmissible; inadvisable; inapplicable; inapposite; inappropriate; inapt; inauspicious; incongruous; inconvenient; indecorous; inept; inexpedient; infelicitous; inopportune; intrusive; irrelevant; late; mismatched; misplaced; premature; unadapted; unapt; unbecoming; unbefitting; uncomely; undesirable; unfavorable; unfit; unfortunate; unhandy; unhappy; unlucky; unprofessional; unpropitious; unqualified; unready; unreasonable; unripe; unseasonable; unseemly; unsuitable; unsuited; untimely; untoward; unwise; wrong