ill-fitting

Example Sentences

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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 • Mar. 25, 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

To make matters worse, my limited wardrobe consisted entirely of ill-fitting clothes from thrift stores and donation bins—the social equivalent of having a bull’s-eye painted on my forehead.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline