unmeet

[uhn-meet]

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adjective

not meet; not fitting, suitable, or proper; not becoming or seemly.

Origin of unmeet

before 900; Middle English unmete, Old English unmǣte. See un-¹, meet²

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Related Words for unmeet

incorrect, tasteless, unsuitable, unseemly, improper, wrong, irrelevant, disproportionate, unhealthy, inappropriate, inadequate, unlikely, unsuited, useless, ill-equipped, down, dragging, mistaken, debilitated, garbage

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Historical Examples of unmeet

It is not unmeet to use the violet on those days for which black is appointed.
Churches and Church Ornaments
William Durandus
Bethink you how unmeet you are to be the choosers of your own condition.
A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4)
Richard Baxter
"All the power of earth and hell to boot are unmeet to the task," added the third.
The Mysteries of All Nations
James Grant
Here is a casket, not unmeet, Which elsewhere I have just been earning.
Faust
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Is it unmeet that I should be well treated, because a stranger is dead?
The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.
Euripides

British Dictionary definitions for unmeet

unmeet

adjective

literary, or archaic not meet; unsuitable

Derived Formsunmeetly, adverbunmeetness, noun

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Word Origin and History for unmeet

adj.

Old English unmæte "immoderate, excessive," from un- (1) "not" + meet (adj.). Cf. Old High German unmazi. Meanings "unfitting" and "unsuited" (for some purpose) are from 1520s.