ill-fitting

Example Sentences

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Foden was tireless, but this was England's equivalent of an ill-fitting square peg in a round hole.

From BBC

Wearing an ill-fitting hooded sweatshirt, with gray stubbles and baggy eyes, he didn’t look like a typical upscale tourist.

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead, gazing back at me was a 44-year-old mom in an ill-fitting fleece, the style just as unflattering as it was all those years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal

I had no way of knowing whether they were actually ill-fitting or whether this was merely how boots fit; I had never worn anything so heavy and drab on my feet before.

From Literature

“I’m simply saying, sir, that an ill-fitting suit—it does a man no favors.”

From Literature