misbecoming

adjective

Definition of misbecomingnext
as in mismatched

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for misbecoming
  1. mismatched
  2. irrelevant
  3. inconsistent
  4. inapplicable
  5. immaterial
  6. extraneous
  7. incompatible
  8. unbecoming
Adjective
  • Sherman sinks his teeth (no pun intended) into the material with gusto, directing the actors at a swift clip to tell the story of a mismatched reporter and doctor who uncover a grim conspiracy of medical experimentation.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Nabi led us across a roundabout to a knot of approximately a dozen men in mismatched camouflage, armed with AK-47s, who were kissing one another’s cheeks.
    Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of mismatched
Adjective
  • All the logical arguments in the world, however, are irrelevant if fans believe something is off about the product and change the channel.
    Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Through multiple appeals over the years, his legal team questioned Gauci’s testimony and conflict of interests, the bomb timer, and evidence not originally heard in court about a security breach at Heathrow airport which would change the bag’s origin and render Malta irrelevant.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of irrelevant
Adjective
  • In terms of individual markets, and as noted above, China continues to be inconsistent for Hollywood, but even its local titles had issues in 2024.
    Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
  • His performance has been inconsistent at times, and there have been problems out of his control, like mechanical issues, team mistakes or strategy not panning out.
    Luke Smith, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of inconsistent
Adjective
  • These are responses that may sound correct at first, but turn out to be wrong (like your crazy uncle’s Thanksgiving table advice), often due to inapplicable or inaccurate information being used to train the models.
    Dean DeBiase, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Pavia could argue Bewley is inapplicable since while the Bewley brothers were paid to play in OTE, there is no comparable point for Pavia.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of inapplicable
Adjective
  • While this finding may sound immaterial, understanding the structure of white dwarfs could ultimately prove key in discovering what mysterious dark matter is made from.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The play, about a fanciful tour guide of a dull and stately English country house who runs into conflict with a factually fastidious official at the historic property, was almost immaterial.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
Definition of immaterial
Adjective
  • That bill was set for passage this week before Elon Musk went ballistic on social platform X, pointing out some real extraneous spending, as well as some misinformation, about what was in the bill.
    Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
  • That way, the team could cut extraneous questions that obscured a client’s true vulnerability and could be traumatizing for a client to talk through unnecessarily.
    Carly Stern, Vox, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of extraneous
Adjective
  • Mitre describes a type confusion vulnerability, also known as common weakness enumeration 843, as occurring when a resource such as a pointer or object is accessed by a resource using an incompatible type.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Four candidates filed for both Homer Glen trustee and a school board race, which are considered incompatible offices.
    Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of incompatible
Adjective
  • There is no denying that Donald Trump has engaged in behavior that is unacceptable and unbecoming of any leader — let alone a president of the United States.
    Maggie Astor, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
  • To have lived through an encompassing albeit unbecoming love and have survived it with all the parts of herself intact feels like a triumph.
    Vulture, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2022
Definition of unbecoming
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