unmeet

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When she had laid it before him, he cast only one glance at it, so small it was, so meagre of gold thread, so unmeet for a true prince's wearing.

From The Little Colonel at Boarding-School by Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)

Then, lady, lay aside that haughty scorning— A robe unmeet to deck a mortal frame; Mild be thy light, and innocent as morning, And shine on high and humble still the same.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 by Various

It is Madeleine, who should not have permitted this unmeet familiarity.

From Fairy Fingers A Novel by Ritchie, Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt

For Sweden’s Nightingale so sweet, Their fellowship had been unmeet, The sawdust underneath whose feet       Hath been the Drama’s sepulchre.”

From Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign by Ashton, John

Such foolish words were more unmeet for spring Than snow for summer when his heart is high: And why should words be foolish when they sing?

From Figures of Several Centuries by Symons, Arthur