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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But all unmeet a king to be, The meanest of the mean is he Who basely breaks the promise made To trusting friends who lent him aid.

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

Sprung from Videha's monarch, she A sad and lovely devotee, Roaming the wood, unmeet for woe, Will toil and trouble undergo.

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

It is Madeleine, who should not have permitted this unmeet familiarity.

From Fairy Fingers A Novel by Ritchie, Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt

Such foolish words were more unmeet for spring Than snow for summer when his heart is high: And why should words be foolish when they sing?

From Figures of Several Centuries by Symons, Arthur

If thine no more, if lightly left behind, To guard the dancing clusters thought unmeet, It is because with gilded trellis twined Thy liberal growth demands untempered heat.

From Ionica by Cory, William (AKA William Johnson)

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