ill-fitting
Example Sentences
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In person, though, Olsen’s lingering reputation as a sad girl singing sad songs seems ill fitting.
From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2019
The clothing they do have is ill fitting and threadbare.
From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2016
In the Green Velvet Bed Chamber, Thierry Morel, the show’s curator, noticed that a Kent-designed frame over the fireplace housed an ill fitting painting.
From New York Times • May 31, 2013
The suits he wears as a civilian are unmodish and occasionally ill fitting.
From Time Magazine Archive
At eighteen, Elizabeth Manwill was an easy target for mockery: glasses perpetually sliding down her nose, forehead knobby with acne, clothes frumpy and ill fitting.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
