unmeet
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of unmeet
before 900; Middle English unmete, Old English unmǣte. See un- 1, meet 2
Example Sentences
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Unmeet, one good and fair as she Should dwell in woods a devotee.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
Unmeet, if he be living yet, Thy feet within the wood to set.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
Can he, long lapped in pleasant rest, Unmeet for pain, by pain oppressed, Son of earth's king, his sad night spend Earth-couched, as one that has no friend?
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
Speak without fear, for him alone I hate Who brings ill news, or makes inept demand Unmeet for Kings.
From Legends of the Saxon Saints by De Vere, Aubrey
Unmeet we should do As the doings of wolves are, Raising wrong each 'gainst other As the dogs of the Norns, The greedy ones nourished In waste steads of the world.
From The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda by Morris, William
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