unmeet
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Leave, lady, leave this lone retreat In forest wilds for thee unmeet, Where giants fierce and strong assume All shapes and wander in the gloom.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
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)
Thy words are unmeet for a maiden’s ear.
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
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
When she had laid it before him, he cast only one glance at it, so small it was, so meagre of gold thread, so unmeet for a true prince's wearing.
From The Little Colonel at Boarding-School by Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)