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misbecome

misbecome verb: to be unsuitable for; not to befit.

Verb

misbecome (third-person singular simple present misbecomes, present participle misbecoming, simple past misbecame, past participle misbecome)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To be unsuitable for; not to befit.
    • It misbecame him to appear in the character of a mediator of peace, in a quarrel, the futility of which he had presumed to judge and hastily condemn.1802, John Duncan, An appendix to seasonable hints to the younger part of the Clergy of the Church of England

misbecome meaning in Urdu

misbecome in Urdu

نامناسب ہونا, شان کے خلاف ہونا

Forms of misbecome

third-person singular presentmisbecomes
present participlemisbecoming
pastmisbecame
past participlemisbecome

Origin of misbecome

From mis- + become.

Words formed from misbecome

Questions about misbecome

What does misbecome mean?
Misbecome means to be unsuitable for; not to befit.
What is misbecome in Urdu?
Misbecome in Urdu is نامناسب ہونا, شان کے خلاف ہونا. See Misbecome meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is misbecome?
Misbecome is a verb.
What is the past tense of misbecome?
The past tense of misbecome is misbecame.

Words near misbecome in the dictionary

  1. misbeat
  2. misbeaten
  3. misbeating
  4. misbeats
  5. misbecame
  6. misbecome
  7. misbecomes
  8. misbecoming
  9. misbecomingly
  10. misbecomingness
  11. misbefall

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: misbecome (page history and authors); misbecome (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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