ill-fitting
Example Sentences
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They were an odd pair: The middle-aged man, wearing a wool overcoat and what looked like an ill-fitting gray toupee, barely spoke.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Through this, you can create your own career check list, and avoid wasting time on ill-fitting applications.
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026
Fuentes is a dweeby kid in an ill-fitting suit, with none of the congenial charms of Joe Rogan or masculine swagger of Andrew Tate.
From Slate • Dec. 5, 2025
In others, he’s an imp hiding within an ill-fitting costume of normalcy.
From Salon • Oct. 13, 2025
“I’m simply saying, sir, that an ill-fitting suit—it does a man no favors.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
