unfittingadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈfɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈfɪdɪŋ/ a. Not fitting or suitable; unbecoming, improper. Apparent earlier examples, when verifiable, have proved to be errors for unsitting. Cf. the note to fitting adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [adjective]
unbecomelyc1200
uncomelyc1230
unsetec1325
unconablea1340
unhonestc1380
unsitting1390
undue1398
ungainanda1400
disconvenienta1425
unjustc1443
unconvenient1450
unsoundablec1450
inconvenientc1460
unorderly1471
mis-seeminga1522
unconvenable1542
undecent1546
ungreeing1560
graceless1562
unsetting1567
unhovable1570
ill1586
uncouth1589
unfittinga1592
unbeseeming1593
seemless1596
unbecoming1598
unbefitting1598
ill-seta1627
unbeseemly1648
ungainlya1660
indecorous1681
paw-paw1723
ungain-like1796
jive1971
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > unseemly
unthewfulc1050
unbecomelyc1200
unhend?c1225
uncomelyc1230
unseemlya1300
unsetec1325
unconablea1340
uncovenablec1374
unsitting1390
undue1398
ungainanda1400
unlikelya1425
unconvenient1450
unsoundablec1450
unorderly1471
unhonestc1503
inconvenienta1513
mis-seeminga1522
unconvenable1542
undecent1546
unsetting1567
indecent1570
uncouth1589
unfittinga1592
unbeseeming1593
seemless1596
unbecoming1598
unbefitting1598
unbeseemly1648
untoward1658
indecorous1682
ungain-like1796
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective]
unkinOE
un-i-feieOE
unbecomelyc1200
amissc1325
wrongousa1350
uncovenablec1374
unsitting1390
undue1398
ungainanda1400
unquemea1400
inconvenientc1400
unlikelyc1405
disconvenienta1425
impertinenta1425
discovenablec1436
unmeetc1440
wrongc1440
unjustc1443
unbehovablec1450
inconvenientc1460
uncordial1488
unmeetly1534
unapt1539
unfit1548
incommodious1553
ungreeing1560
impertinent1565
stravagant1565
unproper1566
improper1570
unhovable1570
unapt1579
unbeseeming1583
unsuitablea1586
unappliable1588
unapt1588
unlikely1590
unfittinga1592
unfitted1592
unsuiting1596
unbefitting1598
unsorted1598
unsuited1598
contrary1600
impair1609
unfitty1613
incompetible1621
incongruous1623
infita1626
uncompetiblea1628
inaccommodatea1657
inapplicable1656
inconcinnate1657
inconcinnous1662
inept1675
unaccommodatea1676
incommode1678
indecorous1681
untoward1682
unapplicable1690
insuitable1692
unsuit1704
malapropos1709
inapt1744
out of place1748
uncongenial1788
unfit-like1796
ungain-like1796
inappropriate1804
unadapted1805
dissuitable1807
dissuited1819
ineligible1828
infelicitous1835
unapropos1840
butt-ended1850
malappropriate1851
ungenial1871
misappropriate1878
unbecoming1893
unappropriate1898
unadjusted1899
offside1910
off-key1943
improbable1958
a1592 R. Greene Hist. Orlando Furioso (1594) sig. Biii Least little brooking these vnfitting braues, My cholar ouer-slip the law of Armes.
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 318 These Canons did not continue long at Otteham, the scituation of the place being vnfitting.
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso (1674) ii. lxviii. 221 A thing which..is altogether unfitting to be named.
1687 in J. R. Bloxham Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) 103 He was unfitting by reason of his Immorality.
1771 E. Burke Speech on Jury Bill in Writings & Speeches (1981) II. 347 This is an unfitting it is a dangerous state of things.
1853 W. Thomson Outl. Laws of Thought (ed. 3) Pref. p. v Some account of the exact position which this work pretends to occupy..may not be an unfitting introduction to its pages.
b. Const. for, or with direct object.
ΚΠ
1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn i. sig. B2v These thoughts are farre vnfitting Fauconbridge.
c1602 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies iii. i. sig. D6v Small doores vnfitting for large houses are.
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxxix. 125 Qualities mis-seeming his place, and vnfitting his calling.
1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 71 in Justice Vindicated Lest..the seamen should be forgetful, and unfitting for naval warfare.
1849 D. Rock Church of our Fathers (1903) I. i. v. 293 What so unfitting the solemnity of soul..at a burial service?
Derivatives
unˈfittingness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [noun]
inconvenience1413
uncompetence?1541
unaptness1548
improperty1555
unaptness1557
unproperness1561
impertinency1573
unmeetness1574
disagreement1580
unfitnessa1586
unsuitablenessa1586
incongruity1597
inconvenientness1600
improperness1612
indispositiona1613
insuitability1612
ineptitude1615
impertinence1616
inconcinnity1616
infelicity1617
unbeseemingness1623
ineptness1633
impertinentness1645
incompatibility1659
incompetibilitya1660
disaccommodationa1676
indecorousness1681
indisposednessa1684
inaptitudea1688
impropriety1697
wrongness1726
ineligibility1795
inaptness1814
unsuitability1814
unappropriateness1838
unadaptedness1846
inappropriateness1847
unfittingness1861
unbefittingness1865
ineligibleness1881
1861 Macmillan's Mag. June 134 Colour or form which represents an unfittingness would be likely to become itself an unfittingness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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