unmeet

[ uhn-meet ]

/ ʌnˈmit /

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adjective

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

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Origin of unmeet

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

Words nearby unmeet

unmatched, unmeaning, unmeaningful, unmeant, unmeasured, unmeet, unmemorable, unmentionable, unmentionables, unmentioned, unmerciful

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How to use unmeet in a sentence

Bethink you how unmeet you are to be the choosers of your own condition.
A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4)|Richard Baxter
We know thee not, but thou art a good hurler and not otherwise, as we think, unmeet to bear us company.
The Coming of Cuculain|Standish O'Grady
It is unmeet that she who in her time had husband, and goods, and son, should lie unburied like a dead cow on the fells.
Eric Brighteyes|H. Rider Haggard
If it be speech unmeet for the hearing of a grave and reverend man, will you speak it before God?
A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4)|Richard Baxter

Unmeet companion no doubt his grave courtiers thought Cesario was, for their once noble master, the great Duke Orsino.
The Chautauquan, Vol. III, December 1882|The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific Circle

British Dictionary definitions for unmeet

unmeet

/ (ʌnˈmiːt) /

adjective

literary, or archaic not meet; unsuitable

Derived forms of unmeet

unmeetly, adverbunmeetness, noun

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