unfitting
adjective
un·fit·ting ˌən-ˈfi-tiŋ 
: not fitting : unsuitable
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Such a tone may at first sound wildly unfitting for a novel set against the coronavirus pandemic. 
Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2021 But this week, Emy seems to be coming for her unfitting crown. Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2021 That career came to an unfitting end last week when Foley, on duty at the Santa Rita Jail, was struck by a sheriff’s department bus in the parking lot of the facility around 6 a.m. Wednesday. Katrina Cameron, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2017
Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2021 But this week, Emy seems to be coming for her unfitting crown. Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2021 That career came to an unfitting end last week when Foley, on duty at the Santa Rita Jail, was struck by a sheriff’s department bus in the parking lot of the facility around 6 a.m. Wednesday. Katrina Cameron, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2017 Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
unfitting
adjective
as in inappropriate
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- inappropriate
- unsuitable
- improper
- incongruous
- unseemly
- inapplicable
- unbecoming
- unfit
- indecent
- inadequate
- incompetent
- unacceptable
- unsatisfactory
- infelicitous
- incapable
- inapt
- unhappy
- unapt
- inapposite
- intolerable
- malapropos
- unskilled
- wrong
- unmeet
- unqualified
- unbeseeming
- untrained
- inept
- unskillful
- uncongenial
- inexpert
- incompatible
- indecorous
- misbecoming
- incorrect
- graceless
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- appropriate
- suitable
- good
- proper
- fitting
- applicable
- apt
- right
- pretty
- happy
- fit
- becoming
- meet
- befitting
- felicitous
- justified
- fitted
- just
- requisite
- condign
- deserved
- required
- needed