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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Then, lady, lay aside that haughty scorning— A robe unmeet to deck a mortal frame; Mild be thy light, and innocent as morning, And shine on high and humble still the same.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 by Various
If thine no more, if lightly left behind, To guard the dancing clusters thought unmeet, It is because with gilded trellis twined Thy liberal growth demands untempered heat.
From Ionica by William (AKA William Johnson) Cory
The slightest curve on a face, May give an expression unmeet; Yet hers is so perfect and sweet, And shaped with such delicate grace, Its loveliness is complete.
From Stories in Verse by Henry Abbey
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 Richard Doyle
Sprung from Videha's monarch, she A sad and lovely devotee, Roaming the wood, unmeet for woe, Will toil and trouble undergo.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
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