unbefit

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verb

Not to befit or suit; to be inappropriate for.

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Meanings

verbunbefit (third-person singular simple present unbefits, present participle unbefitting, simple past and past participle unbefitted)

present singular third person unbefits · participle present unbefitting · participle past unbefitted · past unbefitted

  1. archaicraretransitiveNot to befit or suit; to be inappropriate for.

    I cannot think upon thee with the esteem Thy talents should have won thee; and the page, Which for a fallen enemy could teem With scorn; or with the dead its warfare wage; Would shame the bard, not thee, and unbefit the age.

    1822, Bernard Barton, Napoleon and Other Poems, page 56
  2. archaicraretransitiveTo make unfit or unsuitable.

    No stain tarnishes the trappings to unbefit them for the adornment and control of the well groomed animal that restlessly confesses to his new experience.

    1874, Journal of Materia Medica, volume 13, page 161

Translations

Bulgarian не подоба́вам, не подхо́ждам
  • не подоба́вам (ne podobávam)not to befit or suit
  • не подхо́ждам (ne podhóždam)not to befit or suit

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

unbefit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbefit

MLA

“unbefit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbefit. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbefit,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbefit.

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