ill-fitting

[ il-fit-ing ]
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adjective
  1. (of a garment) not fitting well.

  2. not appropriate or suitable.

Origin of ill-fitting

1
First recorded in 1865–70; ill + fitting

Words Nearby ill-fitting

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How to use ill-fitting in a sentence

  • 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 Colton
  • He was a short, stout individual with ill-fitting, somewhat soiled clothing and a hard, shrewd face.

    The Missing Formula | Mildred A. Wirt, AKA Ann Wirt
  • Seeing we were all harmless, the officer dropped his military preciseness as if it were an ill-fitting garment.

    The Yeoman Adventurer | George W. Gough
  • After 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 Churchill
  • I 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