unbefit

Verb

archaic rare transitive

Japanese Meaning

ふさわしくない、適さない（あるものに合わない、似合わない） / ～をふさわしくなくする、場違いにする（不適合にする）

His arrogant manner could unbefit him for the ambassador's delicate duties.

彼の傲慢な態度は、大使の繊細な職務に彼をふさわしくなくしてしまうだろう。

Sense（1）

(transitive, archaic, rare) Not to befit or suit; to be inappropriate for.

I cannot think upon thee with the esteem

Thy talents should have won thee; and the page,

Which for a fallen enemy could teem

With scorn; or with the dead its warfare wage;

Would shame the bard, not thee, and unbefit the age.

Sense（2）

(transitive, archaic, rare) To make unfit or unsuitable.

unbefits

（ present singular third-person ）

unbefitting

（ participle present ）

unbefitted

（ participle past ）

unbefitted

（ past ）