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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.
—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.
—Dallas News, 5 May 2022
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
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.
—Dallas News, 5 May 2022
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfitting
Adjective
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The dashboard may identify patients who may have started on a new medication that interacts with a DOAC, patients who have had a change in their kidney function or who have been prescribed an inappropriate dose.—
David Cox,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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Other emails from the latest crop of the Epstein files include other inappropriate comments about Beatrice and Eugenie.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Its old building, constructed in 1939 for the Social Security Board, needed expensive renovations; reportedly had ancient, faulty wiring; was far too big; and was generally unsuitable for modern journalism.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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The list of skilled talent deemed unsuitable by the coaching staff since the spring of 2024 includes the list above, married to names like Jeff Skinner and Viktor Arvidsson, all of whom were found wanting.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Yet complaints of improper and fraudulent enrollment have surged since the pandemic.—
Bloomberg Opinion,
Twin Cities,
15 Feb. 2026
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These symptoms can indicate bacterial or fungal problems, pests, or improper care like too much or too little water.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
13 Feb. 2026
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In 2023, the Supreme Court declared the bill inapplicable.—
Javier Bastardo,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Here are the kicking motion rules, which the NHL deemed inapplicable given their determination that Hellebuyck propelled the puck into his own net.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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More unseemly or even criminal material may well come out.—
Gilad Edelman,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2026
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As unseemly as the revelations are, there isn’t much else the palace can do to sanction him, Prescott said.—
Danica Kirka,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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There can’t be too many quotes attributed to such an incongruous triumvirate, but then there are few instruments as polarizing as the squeeze-box.—
Jonathan Margolis,
Air Mail,
24 Jan. 2026
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That apparently incongruous collection of statistics captures the befuddling nature of this rollercoaster season.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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There are so many beautiful, colorful clothes in the stores, yet women are often dressed in grays, blacks, whites and sneakers, not to mention yoga pants, pants with holes in them and unbecoming tops.—
Letters To The Editor,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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The American pilot and his navigator were tried and found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter and negligent homicide, but they were later found guilty of obstruction of justice and conduct unbecoming of an officer for the destruction of a videotape of the incident.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The resulting investigation by Texas Department of Family and Protective Services deemed the young parents unfit caregivers.—
Jayme Fraser,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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Democrats wringing their hands and making appeals to process while the President sends people to Salvadoran prisons without trial are unfit to meet the moment, this theory says.—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Unfitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfitting. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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