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unmeeter

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un⋅meet

[uhn-meet]
–adjective
not meet; not fitting, suitable, or proper; not becoming or seemly.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME unmete, OE unmǣte. See un- 1 , meet 2
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unmeet 
O.E. unmæte "immoderate, excessive," from un- (1) "not" + meet (adj.). Cf. O.H.G. unmazi. Meaning "unfitting" is from 1529; that of "unsuited" (for some purpose) is from c.1522.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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