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improper
Not suitable for or consistent with the purpose or circumstances; poorly adapted; unfit
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  1. Not suitable for or consistent with the purpose or circumstances; poorly adapted; unfit
  2. Not in accordance with the truth, fact, or rule; wrong; incorrect
  3. Not in keeping with conventional mores; indecorous:
salacious
Characterized by an excessive or improper emphasis on sexual matters
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  1. Characterized by an excessive or improper emphasis on sexual matters
  2. Appealing to or stimulating sexual desire:
  3. Characterized by or indicating sexual desire; lustful:
unworthy
Not worthy; lacking value or merit; worthless.
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  1. Not worthy; lacking value or merit; worthless.
  2. Not fit or becoming
  3. Insufficient in worth; undeserving:
unsuited
Not compatible; mismatched
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  1. Not compatible; mismatched
  2. Not suited for a specific purpose
  3. Not wearing a suit.
unfitted
Not customized to fit, generic, off the rack.
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  1. Not customized to fit, generic, off the rack.
awkward
Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing
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  1. Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing
  2. Difficult to effect; uncomfortable:
  3. Marked by or causing embarrassment or discomfort:
improper
Not in accordance with the truth, fact, or rule; wrong; incorrect
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  1. Not in accordance with the truth, fact, or rule; wrong; incorrect
  2. Not suitable for or consistent with the purpose or circumstances; poorly adapted; unfit
  3. Not in keeping with conventional mores; indecorous:
inappropriate
Not appropriate; not suitable, fitting, or proper
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  1. Not appropriate; not suitable, fitting, or proper
  2. Unsuitable or improper.
inapt
Inappropriate:
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  1. Inappropriate:
  2. Unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept.
  3. Not apt; not suitable; inappropriate
incongruous
Not in agreement, as with principles; inconsistent:
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  1. Not in agreement, as with principles; inconsistent:
  2. Lacking in harmony; incompatible:
  3. Not in keeping with what is correct, proper, or logical; inappropriate:
inept
Lacking or showing a lack of skill or competence; bungling or clumsy:
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  1. Lacking or showing a lack of skill or competence; bungling or clumsy:
  2. Showing a lack of judgment, sense, or reason; inappropriate or foolish:
  3. Not suitable to the purpose; unfit
malapropos
At an awkward or improper time or place; inopportune; inappropriate
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  1. At an awkward or improper time or place; inopportune; inappropriate
unapt
Not likely or liable.
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  1. Not likely or liable.
  2. Not suitable or appropriate.
  3. Not apt, inappropriate, unsuited.
unbefitting
Not befitting; not appropriate to.
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  1. Not befitting; not appropriate to.
unfit
Below the required standard; unqualified:
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  1. Below the required standard; unqualified:
  2. Not meant or adapted for a given purpose; inappropriate:
  3. (Biology) Unable to survive or produce viable offspring in a particular environment.
unseemly
Not suited to the circumstances; inappropriate:
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  1. Not suited to the circumstances; inappropriate:
  2. Not in accord with accepted standards of decency or morality.
  3. Not seemly; not decent or proper; unbecoming; indecorous
unsuitable
Not appropriate:
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  1. Not appropriate:
  2. Not suitable; unfit; inappropriate.
inelegant
Lacking refinement or polish; not elegant.
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  1. Lacking refinement or polish; not elegant.
  2. Not elegant; lacking refinement, good taste, grace, etc.; coarse; crude
tasteless
Dull; uninteresting
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  1. Dull; uninteresting
  2. Without taste or flavor; flat; insipid
  3. Lacking good taste or showing poor taste
tacky
In poor taste; inelegant
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  1. In poor taste; inelegant
  2. Lacking style or good taste; tawdry:
  3. Distasteful or offensive; tasteless:
immodest
Not modest
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  1. Not modest
  2. Not conforming to traditional sexual mores; indecent:
  3. Not decorous; indecent
improper
Not suitable for or consistent with the purpose or circumstances; poorly adapted; unfit
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  1. Not suitable for or consistent with the purpose or circumstances; poorly adapted; unfit
  2. Not in accordance with the truth, fact, or rule; wrong; incorrect
  3. Not in keeping with conventional mores; indecorous:
indecent
Offensive to good taste
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  1. Offensive to good taste
  2. Not proper and fitting; unseemly; improper
  3. Not appropriate or becoming; unseemly:
indecorous
Lacking propriety or decorum.
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  1. Lacking propriety or decorum.
  2. Not decorous; lacking decorum, propriety, good taste, etc.; unseemly
indelicate
Not delicate; coarse; crude; rough; esp., lacking, or offensive to, propriety or modesty; gross
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  1. Not delicate; coarse; crude; rough; esp., lacking, or offensive to, propriety or modesty; gross
  2. Lacking in consideration for the feelings of others; tactless.
  3. Improper or immodest.
naughty
Showing lack of decorum; improper, indelicate, or obscene
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  1. Showing lack of decorum; improper, indelicate, or obscene
  2. Behaving disobediently or mischievously:
  3. Indecent; improper:
unbefitting
Not befitting; not appropriate to.
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  1. Not befitting; not appropriate to.
unseemly
Unattractive; unsightly:
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  1. Unattractive; unsightly:
  2. Not suited to the circumstances; inappropriate:
  3. Not seemly; not decent or proper; unbecoming; indecorous
untoward
(Obs.) Awkward; clumsy
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  1. (Obs.) Awkward; clumsy
  2. Inappropriate, improper, unseemly, etc.
  3. Unseemly, improper.
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Sentence Examples

  • having once suspected that he had done anything unbecoming a king by divine right and a gentleman.

  • Though other forms of literature might be thought unbecoming to the dignity of a free-born citizen, this was never so with history.

  • Romas had tossed her in bed more than once over the past three months, though he had stopped lecturing her on how unbecoming a lush was to a man looking for a wife.

  • Many strapless gowns have a lot of construction needed to hold the top in place, often creating a boxy, broad-shouldered look or an unbecoming bulging area across the back.

  • Admitting that the fable of the battle of the gods was " unbecoming," if literally understood, Theagenes represented it as an allegorical account of the war of the elements.

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