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Unmeet

Unmeet \Un*meet"\, a. Not meet or fit; not proper; unbecoming; unsuitable; -- usually followed by for. ``Unmeet for a wife.''
--Tennyson.

And all unmeet our carpet floors.
--Emerson. [1913 Webster] -- Un*meet"ly, adv. -- Un*meet"ness, n.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
unmeet

Old English unmæte "immoderate, excessive," from un- (1) "not" + meet (adj.). Similar formation in Old High German unmazi. Meanings "unfitting" and "unsuited" (for some purpose) are from 1520s.

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unmeet

a. (context archaic English) Not proper

Usage examples of "unmeet".

Chapman deemed it not unmeet to stake somewhat on my luck, therefore I am no pauper.

For in its heart are growing thick the filthy dens and slums, Where human forms shall rot away in sties for swine unmeet, And ghostly faces shall be seen unfit for any street -- Rotting out, rotting out, For the lack of air and meat -- In dens of vice and horror that are hidden from the street.

I wear it, somewhat may betide me which is unmeet to betide a warrior of the Wolfings.

O King, I am already wed and therefore unmeet for the royal household.

You must not fight no more with Corinius, for your highness is unmeet for fighting and may not stand alone.

I have purposely omitted and left out some fond and frivolous gestures, digressing, and, in my poor opinion, far unmeet for the matter, which I thought might seem more tedious unto the wise than any way else to be regarded, though haply they have been of some vain-conceited fondlings greatly gaped at, what time they were shewed upon the stage in their graced deformities: nevertheless now to be mixtured in print with such matter of worth, it would prove a great disgrace to so honourable and stately a history.

In what words shall I describe this dread exploit, by what language shall I make it credible to ages to come, what eulogies are there unmeet for thee, though they be hyperboles piled on hyperboles!