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Unbecomingness

//ʌnbɪˈkʌmɪŋnəs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A state of being unbecoming; unseemliness, inappropriateness. uncountable

    "At length, by dint of much wriggling, and loud and incessant expostulations upon the unbecomingness of his hugging a fellow male in that matrimonial sort of style, I succeeded in extracting a grunt; and presently, he drew back his arm [...]."

  2. 2
    the quality of being unbecoming wordnet
  3. 3
    The state of not being flattering, attractive or appropriate. wordnet

Etymology

From un- + becomingness.

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