Thesaurus / unfitting
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However, nothing but laughter (most unfitting the occasion) could be got out of the assembled natives.
IN THE WRONG PARADISEANDREW LANGAgain, when one thing precedes another it is unfitting to divide the former by differences which find place in the latter.
ON PRAYER AND THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFEST. THOMAS AQUINASIt was not unfitting that so quarrelsome a man as Pope should have been the occasion of so much quarrelsomeness in others.
OBITER DICTAAUGUSTINE BIRRELLDirectly to address a serving-man or maid was deemed incorrect, for it would have betokened an unfitting equality.
A GERMAN POMPADOURMARIE HAYIn this lung, the air-cells were almost entirely disorganized, unfitting it for the function of respiration.
AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE NATURE OF BLACK PHTHISISARCHIBALD MAKELLARIn some respects she resembles both Friday and Wednesday, sharing their views about spinning and weaving at unfitting seasons.
RUSSIAN FAIRY TALESW. R. S. RALSTONTerrible, yes, but—it struck her as very unfitting for the great man's plain little wife to find him ridiculous.
THE HALOBETTINA VON HUTTENHowever, he insisted that there was nothing unfitting in the idea; it was a good idea and founded upon common-sense.
FAIR HARBORJOSEPH CROSBY LINCOLNThe deed, in its external form and bearing, may have been unfitting and one that ought not to have been done.
THEORETICAL ETHICSMILTON VALENTINEThe “adaptation” favored by Mr. Green consists in weeding out unfitting books.
THE LIBRARY AND SOCIETYVARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO UNFITTING
- abnormal
- at odds
- awkward
- bad form
- discordant
- discrepant
- erroneous
- false
- ill-advised
- ill-timed
- immodest
- imprudent
- inaccurate
- inadmissible
- inadvisable
- inapplicable
- inapposite
- inappropriate
- inapt
- incongruous
- incorrect
- indecent
- indecorous
- indelicate
- inept
- inexpedient
- infelicitous
- inharmonious
- inopportune
- irregular
- ludicrous
- malapropos
- naughty
- odd
- off base
- out of line
- out of place
- out-of-season
- preposterous
- unapt
- unbecoming
- uncalled-for
- uncomely
- undue
- unfit
- unfitting
- unseasonable
- unseemly
- unsuitable
- unsuited
- untimely
- untoward
- unwarranted
- wrong
- disproportionate
- exceeding
- exorbitant
- extravagant
- extreme
- forbidden
- ill-timed
- illegal
- immoderate
- improper
- inappropriate
- inapt
- indecorous
- inept
- inordinate
- intemperate
- needless
- overmuch
- sinister
- too great
- too much
- unapt
- uncalled-for
- unconscionable
- underhanded
- undeserved
- unfair
- unfitting
- unjust
- unjustifiable
- unjustified
- unmeasurable
- unreasonable
- unseasonable
- unseemly
- unsuitable
- untimely
- unwarrantable
- unwarranted
- clashing
- disagreeable
- discordant
- discrepant
- disparate
- disproportionate
- dissident
- dissonant
- ill-suited
- improper
- inadequate
- inadmissible
- inapposite
- inapt
- incompatible
- incongruous
- inconsistent
- ineligible
- infelicitous
- inharmonious
- interfering
- irrelevant
- jarring
- malapropos
- out of character
- out of keeping
- out of place
- senseless
- unacceptable
- unbecoming
- unbefitting
- uncalled-for
- undue
- unfit
- unfitting
- unmatched
- unseasonable
- unseemly
- unsuited
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