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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For your intent going to Wittenberg, Wee hold it most unmeet and unconvenient, Being the Joy and halfe heart of your mother.

From Dramatic Technique by Baker, George Pierce

Why mention other thoughts unmeet For vision so composed and sweet?

From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) by Wordsworth, William

A creature unprepared, unmeet for death; And to transport him in the mind he is Were damnable.

From Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Glover, John, librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge

O, make me clear to know if the hope that rises within me Be not part of a love unmeet for me here, and forbidden!

From Poems by Howells, William Dean

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

unmeet

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