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ill-fitting

[il-fit-ing] / ˈɪlˈfɪt ɪŋ /




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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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