ill-fitting
(of a garment) not fitting well.
not appropriate or suitable.
Origin of ill-fitting
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How to use ill-fitting in a sentence
Sanders is dressed in a blue oxford shirt and ill-fitting creased khaki dress pants.
Can This Ornery Socialist Spoil the Clinton Coronation? | David Freedlander | July 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd most of the contemporization sounds like what it is—an ostentatious, slightly ill-fitting suit slipped onto a stiff.
Michael Jackson’s Posthumous Album, ‘Xscape,’ Is a Confused, Shameless Money Grab | Andrew Romano | May 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMeanwhile, I sit in my wrinkled, ill-fitting blazer, sweaty from nerves and running to get to this interview on time.
Marlo Thomas Says Girls Should Feel Free to Be Like Hannah Horvath | Emily Shire | April 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe re-invents himself: he goes from ill-fitting polyester cotton blends to silk shirts and stylish leather jackets.
He gets up there in his medium-priced, ill-fitting suits and says, ‘This is what I’ve always worn.
Ron Paul Style: Candidate’s Libertarian Fashion on 2012 Campaign Trail | Isabel Wilkinson | March 5, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
A man falls in with various folks by sea and land, and he finds many that are made up of ill-fitting parts.
The Belted Seas | Arthur ColtonHe was a short, stout individual with ill-fitting, somewhat soiled clothing and a hard, shrewd face.
The Missing Formula | Mildred A. Wirt, AKA Ann WirtSeeing we were all harmless, the officer dropped his military preciseness as if it were an ill-fitting garment.
The Yeoman Adventurer | George W. GoughAfter all these years, Mr. Daaken stands before me a prominent figure of the past in an ill-fitting suit of snuff colour.
Richard Carvel, Complete | Winston ChurchillI shivered—a draught of cold air had in all probability stolen through the cracks of the ill-fitting window-frames.
Animal Ghosts | Elliott O'Donnell
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