unbefitting

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   not befitting

   “behavior unbefitting a father”

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Questions about unbefitting

What does unbefitting mean?

unbefitting means "not befitting".

How many syllables are in unbefitting?

unbefitting has 4 syllables and divides as un-be-fit-ting under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is unbefitting a common word?

unbefitting is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.