ill-fitting
Example Sentences
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It's also about the players he has confused and bewildered with his ill-fitting shape and the ideology he refuses to alter no matter how befuddled things become.
From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026
There were men in leather jackets, women in bedazzled red hats, young guys in ill-fitting suits.
From Slate • Dec. 8, 2025
They were a comically ill-fitting duo, but they nonetheless became inseparable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
In others, he’s an imp hiding within an ill-fitting costume of normalcy.
From Salon • Oct. 13, 2025
That's their job, to stand around in an ill-fitting uniform and tell you how you should lead your life.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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