What's the difference between unbecoming and unfit?

Unbecoming


Definition:

  • (a.) Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This in turn prompted US commentators to accuse India of oversensitivity and behaviour unbecoming of an aspirant future power.
  • (2) Rodgers had claimed Sterling’s behaviour was unbecoming of a professional sportsperson after footage emerged of the player appearing to pass out having allegedly taken the legal high known as laughing gas at his home near Southport.
  • (3) Wasn’t it unbecoming of the man dubbed the new Terrence Malick to direct scenes with genial tokers discussing pioneering methods of joint construction , or hookah-puffing sex-pest wizards ?
  • (4) This in turn prompted US commentators to accuse India of over-sensitivity and behaviour unbecoming of an aspirant future power.
  • (5) Once a thorn in the side of modern toffdom – the string of minor convictions, the stints in rehab, the unbecoming leisurewear, the infamous legal spat with Daddy – Jamie is now, at 56, a reformed, drug-free and endearingly blustery galumpher with Wurzelian hair and skin the colour of raw mince.
  • (6) And, 'tis true, that you don't need to look long for evidence online of behaviour unbecoming gentle men and women.
  • (7) The Australian’s on court demeanor has attracted praise and opprobrium in equal measure, split between those who think the game needs more characters and those who find his behaviour unbecoming.
  • (8) Alex Padilla, California’s secretary of state, said they were “unbecoming” for a president-elect and seemed to show that Trump was rankled by losing the popular vote.
  • (9) In politicians, it might be unbecoming to live a life of gross opulence, but showbiz is different.
  • (10) It's unbecoming of a great nation like Egypt , it's unbecoming of any civil society to behave like this," his father Juris Greste said.
  • (11) You wouldn’t immediately know it to look at him: although he knows more about men’s clothes than any other novelist I’ve ever met, he seems to feel that at his stage of life it would be unbecoming to draw too much attention to his appearance.
  • (12) Mark Butler, Labor’s environment spokesman, said Hunt’s criticism of Grimes was “unbecoming of an elected representative”.
  • (13) 11.12am: An email, from Andy Nicol: Pivoting off your discussion of Oscar Tabarez and tainted World Cup achievements, I wonder if we might consider the Suarez incident and its reception in Uruguay as just the latest in a rather unbecoming attitude towards their place in world football?
  • (14) Foreigners “flopping” was a debate in the US, whose national side, led by anti-diving campaigner Jürgen Klinsmann, don’t stoop that low: USA Today called it “unbecoming”; The Washington Post ran a guide: “So you think you can flop?”; The Wall Street Journal called it “soccer’s oldest and most despised tactic” and listed “average writhing times”.
  • (15) Cameron’s language also drew criticism from backbench Labour MPs, including Chuka Umunna , the former shadow business secretary, who said it was inflammatory and unbecoming of the prime minister’s office, and Mary Creagh, a former Labour leadership hopeful, who said it was “dehumanising language”.
  • (16) Americans don't prefer male bosses because men carry some sort of boss-gene on their Y chromosome; Americans prefer male bosses because male authority is respected while female authority is unbecoming, and because the expectations are set so high for women in power that it's nearly impossible for any mere mortal to meet them.
  • (17) "This kind of behaviour is unbecoming of a party that functions in an open democratic stage and especially one which leads the national government."
  • (18) Yet he describes Goldsmith’s tactics as “unbecoming of anyone wanting to lead a city like London that is so successfully multiethnic and multiracial”.
  • (19) He has also been disciplined by the Law Society for "conduct unbecoming ."
  • (20) Pacific leaders respond to Australian minister's sea level remarks Read more Noting that a meeting in Canberra was running a bit late, Dutton quipped it was running to “Cape York time”, to which Abbott replied: “We had a bit of that up in Port Moresby.” Dutton then said: “Time doesn’t mean anything when you’re about to have water lapping at your door.” The president of Kiribati has since called the joke “vulgar” and “quite unbecoming of leadership”.

Unfit


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to disable; to incapacitate; to disqualify; as, sickness unfits a man for labor; sin unfits us for the society of holy beings.
  • (a.) Not fit; unsuitable.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) An additional 1.3% of the persons studied needed this operation, but were unfit for surgery.
  • (2) In unfit patients with advanced disease, palliation from the use of radiotherapy and Celestin tube insertion were poor.
  • (3) He was first deemed medically unfit to be detained in October, but has remained in custody.
  • (4) These people would be out of their depth in a paddling pool, and couldn’t be more unfit to run a modern political party.
  • (5) There were no significant differences between fit and unfit dogs for post exercise plasma concentrations of aspartate aminotransferase, white blood cell count or total protein, although the unfit dogs showed a tendency towards higher values.
  • (6) He has, however, refused to testify, invoking his right to remain silent, while his lawyer has insisted his client is “insane” and therefore unfit for trial.
  • (7) He was later ruled unfit to stand trial on physical and mental grounds.
  • (8) Extra-anatomic bypass grafting has been used as treatment for patients with aorto-iliac disease who were considered unfit for aortic surgery.
  • (9) Our findings suggest that for patients with stage I endometrial cancer who are unfit for surgery, intracavitary low-dose-rate radiation therapy alone is an effective alternative treatment with a low risk of complications.
  • (10) It’s extraordinary that you can continue to make law when you are unfit to face it.
  • (11) It is a simple and effective procedure with minimal complications, and it is especially recommended for those patients who are medically unfit for general anaesthesia.
  • (12) There were 10 deaths within a month of operation (0.9%), 9 of these patients having been exceptionally old and unfit.
  • (13) Only 69.3% were declared fit and the overall unfit rate was 22.1%.
  • (14) He was freed by Jack Straw, the home secretary, on the grounds that medical experts said he was unfit to stand trial.
  • (15) This could happen if the official receiver thinks that your conduct has been 'unfit'.
  • (16) A motion brought by Britain’s Ukip, France’s Front National, and Italy’s 5 Star movement described Juncker as unfit to lead the EU executive because of his track record in Luxembourg.
  • (17) Variant 2 is limited to high 4-PA concentrations, being unfit in low ones for overestimating the data.
  • (18) In 1949 it was estimated that around 2 million homes were unfit for human habitation, too expensive to repair and earmarked for demolition.
  • (19) Universities are badly failing students with unfit teaching and old-fashioned methods and will have to radically modernise lectures and facilities if they want to raise fees, according to the Conservatives' spokesman on higher education.
  • (20) One man had his doctor's testimony, affirming he had a deformed ankle, thrown out, only to be dismissed as unfit from the army two years later, over the same ankle.