unmeet

[uhn-meet] / ʌnˈmit /

ADJECTIVE

inappropriate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

disproportionate improper incorrect irrelevant tasteless unseemly unsuitable wrong

WEAK

bad form foot-in-mouth garbage ill-fitted ill-suited ill-timed inapplicable inapropos incongruous inconsonant indecorous inept left-field malapropos off out of line out of place unbecoming unbefitting undue unfit unfitting unseasonable untimely way-off wrong number

Antonyms

STRONGEST

appropriate correct decent fitting good moral proper right suitable

WEAK

ADJECTIVE

inapt

Synonyms

WEAK

awkward banal clumsy dull flat gauche ill-adapted ill-fitted ill-suited improper inadept inapposite inappropriate incongruous inept inexperienced inexpert infelicitous insipid jejune maladroit malapropos slow stupid unable undexterous unfacile unfit unhandy unproficient unskilled unsuitable unsuited untimely

Antonyms

WEAK

apt competent happy suitable suited

ADJECTIVE

unfit

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ill-equipped inadequate inappropriate unhealthy unlikely unsuitable unsuited useless

STRONG

debilitated down dragging mistaken

WEAK

below par can't make the grade decrepit discordant feeble flimsy ill-adapted ill-suited improper inapplicable incompatible incongruous incorrect ineffective inexpedient infelicitous inharmonious laid low not fit out of element out of place out of shape poorly rocky unbecoming uncongenial uncool unpromising valueless

Antonyms

STRONGEST

appropriate proper suitable

WEAK

able fit qualified willing

Example Sentences

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Leave, lady, leave this lone retreat In forest wilds for thee unmeet, Where giants fierce and strong assume All shapes and wander in the gloom.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

I have your sister to my wife, Ye think me an unmeet marrow!

From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank

And lo! upon a little steed, unmeet for such a course, Appeared the honoured veteran; but weak seemed man and horse.

From The Bon Gaultier Ballads by Doyle, Richard

Vidyāpati says: O Shivasimha Rāi, To abandon the loving is ever unmeet.

From Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna by Vidy?pati Th?kura

The slightest curve on a face, May give an expression unmeet; Yet hers is so perfect and sweet, And shaped with such delicate grace, Its loveliness is complete.

From Stories in Verse by Abbey, Henry

unmeet

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