unmeet
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- unmeetly adverb
- unmeetness noun
Etymology
Origin of unmeet
before 900; Middle English unmete, Old English unmǣte. See un- 1, meet 2
Example Sentences
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Hast thou, O Vánar King, no eyes Thy weeping wives to recognize, Who for the length of way unmeet Have followed thee with weary feet?
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
Rejecting the heavy shoes, as unmeet for waxed floors, and the shinguards, he rolled the rest of the uniform in his slicker and tied it behind his saddle.
From Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove
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 Glover, John, librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge
I have your sister to my wife, Ye think me an unmeet marrow!
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank
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 Baker, George Pierce
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