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unmeet

[ uhn-meet ]

/ ʌnˈmit /

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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

Words nearby unmeet

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

Example sentences from the Web for unmeet

It is a denying or contempt of the wisdom of God, as if he had unwisely made us a law which is unmeet to rule us.

A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4) |Richard Baxter
He deemed it unmeet to draw back and hide him, so he went forth past them toward the house.

The Wood Beyond the World |William Morris
And here Cyril, flushed with the wine, and forgetful of his womanly part, breaks out into a merry stave "unmeet for ladies."

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 402, April, 1849 |Various
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

Here is a casket, not unmeet, Which elsewhere I have just been earning.

Faust |Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

British Dictionary definitions for unmeet

unmeet

/ (ʌnˈmiːt) /

adjective

literary, or archaic not meet; unsuitable

Derived forms of unmeet

unmeetly, adverb unmeetness, noun