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unmeet

American  
[uhn-meet] / ʌnˈmit /

adjective

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


unmeet British  
/ ʌnˈmiːt /

adjective

  1. literary not meet; unsuitable

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of unmeet

before 900; Middle English unmete, Old English unmǣte. See un- 1, meet 2


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A creature unprepared, unmeet for death; And to transport him in the mind he is Were damnable.

From Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by John Glover

Vidyāpati says: O Shivasimha Rāi, To abandon the loving is ever unmeet.

From Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna by Vidy?pati Th?kura

For your intent going to Wittenberg, Wee hold it most unmeet and unconvenient, Being the Joy and halfe heart of your mother.

From Dramatic Technique by George Pierce Baker

Why mention other thoughts unmeet For vision so composed and sweet?

From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) by William Wordsworth

It is not unmeet that I should tarry a while at the milestones, and look back on the way by which the Lord hath led me.

From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Emily Sarah Holt

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