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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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There are significant worries that AI can readily go off the rails or otherwise dispense unsuitable or even egregiously inappropriate mental health advice.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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In April 2025, a tipster submitted an online report alleging an inappropriate relationship between Gilkey-Meisegeier and the student.—
Alec Johnson,
jsonline.com,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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There are significant worries that AI can readily go off the rails or otherwise dispense unsuitable or even egregiously inappropriate mental health advice.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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These turbines operate effectively in regions unsuitable for conventional wind farms, including mountainous terrain and remote coastal areas.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Nanita also faces charges of improper disposal of a body, fraud and larceny.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
1 Feb. 2026
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In addition to the speeding charge, Richardson was cited for following and flashing at vehicles too closely as well as making improper lane changes.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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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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
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Putting them out in the open is a bit unseemly, and under-the-sink snooping is not something Miss Manners necessarily wants to encourage.—
Judith Martin,
Dallas Morning News,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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
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The local institution that was Rayner followed an incongruous path to Chicago and children’s television.—
Michael Peregrine,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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
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Finally on December 2, 1954, by a vote of 67-22, the Senate censured McCarthy for unbecoming conduct.—
Chris John Amorosino,
Hartford Courant,
16 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Apparently, the Meyers in Long Beach were ruled unfit as guardians, or Lynn refused to go back to them, so juvenile authorities located some blood relatives, possibly her father or half sister, and put her on a train back East.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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This is a couple unfit to govern a two-bedroom.—
Patricia Marx,
New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Unfitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfitting. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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