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Noun: unbecomingness  ,ún-bi'kú-ming-nus
  1. The quality of being unbecoming
    "The unbecomingness of her outfit for the formal event was widely noticed"
     
  2. The state of not being flattering, attractive or appropriate
    "Too stunned to resist, I allowed her to dress my hair, tying back the sidelocks with primrose ribbon, clucking over the unfeminine unbecomingness of my shoulder-length bob"

Type of: appearance, indecorousness, indecorum, ineptness, unsuitability, unsuitableness, visual aspect

Antonym: becomingness [archaic]