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Recent Examples of unfitting
Megan Rapinoe smiling through teary eyes, her emotions clashing as the end of her famed career ambles to an unfitting close.
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Candace Buckner,
Anchorage Daily News,
6 Aug. 2023
His usual formula—high energy, frolicsome, all fast cuts—seemed unfitting.
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Simon Parkin,
The New Yorker,
20 Sep. 2022
If the Suns didn’t already make clear that the Mavericks are halfway to a humbling and unfitting end to their encouraging season, Phoenix fans underscored the fact Wednesday night as subtly as rolling out a guillotine.
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Dallas News,
5 May 2022
Such a tone may at first sound wildly unfitting for a novel set against the coronavirus pandemic.
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Washington Post,
2 Nov. 2021
But this week, Emy seems to be coming for her unfitting crown.
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Kyndall Cunningham,
Vulture,
16 Sep. 2021
Candace Buckner,
Anchorage Daily News,
6 Aug. 2023
His usual formula—high energy, frolicsome, all fast cuts—seemed unfitting.
—
Simon Parkin,
The New Yorker,
20 Sep. 2022
If the Suns didn’t already make clear that the Mavericks are halfway to a humbling and unfitting end to their encouraging season, Phoenix fans underscored the fact Wednesday night as subtly as rolling out a guillotine.
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Dallas News,
5 May 2022
Such a tone may at first sound wildly unfitting for a novel set against the coronavirus pandemic.
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Washington Post,
2 Nov. 2021
But this week, Emy seems to be coming for her unfitting crown.
—
Kyndall Cunningham,
Vulture,
16 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfitting
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Murdaugh’s attorneys appealed the convictions, saying the trial was tainted by the county clerk Becky Hill’s inappropriate comments to jurors implying his guilt.
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Live streams and other unfiltered media can expose kids to risky or inappropriate content, so adult guidance is key.
Adjective
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The dogs were found to be living in unsuitable conditions, while the puppies were suffering from malnutrition, and a number of the dogs had additional medical conditions as well.
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In 2023 the agency documented signs of stress in sloths during public encounters, improper handling of a juvenile kangaroo and environmental conditions deemed unsuitable for a sloth’s care.
Adjective
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While the expiration of the enhanced ACA subsidies at the end of 2025 made insurance more expensive for millions of consumers, the HHS assistant secretary for planning and evaluation report cited efforts to crack down on improper signups.
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The agency is also asking visitors to the World Cup game or Fan Fest to report any unsafe or improper drone use to the FBI tipline at 1-800-CALL-FBI.
Adjective
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In a recent conversation with Peter Diamandis, an entrepreneur and executive chairman of the XPrize Foundation, Musk fleshed out his moonshot visions for the future, which have previously included work being completely optional and retirement becoming inapplicable.
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Like everything else in the Law, exemptions are subject to the General Rule which is that general rules are generally inapplicable.
Adjective
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But her mother, who found it unseemly for a little girl to be swinging such a thing about, chopped it off one night while my mother was asleep.
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Forget about the ill-behaved, performative fans hoping to go viral on TikTok for unseemly behavior.
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Especially the guy who bangs a wrecking ball against the historic East Wing to make room for an incongruous ballroom monstrosity, who mars the sacred Oval Office with gold glitter and paves over the lovely Rose Garden.
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The beloved Greengrass wallpaper, with its incongruous scenes of old New Orleans, has been absorbing the smell for many decades.
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With nothing but the season at stake, Georgia won in a fashion most unbecoming a team that leads Division I in home runs.
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Internal affairs probe found multiple policy violations An internal investigation found Mercer violated four department policies, including dereliction of duty and conduct unbecoming of an officer.
Adjective
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If venue personnel deem any person to be a threat, or otherwise unfit, in their sole discretion, he or she will not be permitted access and shall forfeit the prize.
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She was deemed unfit to stand trial on medical grounds.
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“Unfitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfitting. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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