Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unbefitting

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables
un-be-fit-ting
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not befitting; not appropriate or suitable.

verb

present participle and gerund of unbefit

Etymology

From un- + befitting.

Inflected Forms

more unbefitting (comparative) most unbefitting (superlative)

Derived Forms

unbefittingly unbefittingness

Questions

What does unbefitting mean?
Not befitting; not appropriate or suitable.
Where does unbefitting come from?
From un- + befitting.

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