UNFITTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unfitting mean? 

• UNFITTING (adjective)
  The adjective UNFITTING has 1 sense:

1. not in keeping with what is correct or proper

  Familiarity information: UNFITTING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNFITTING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not in keeping with what is correct or proper

Synonyms:

inappropriate; incompatible; out or keeping; unfitting

Context example:

completely inappropriate behavior

Similar:

incongruous (lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness)

 Context examples 

When an individual has revolutionised therapeutics by his discovery of the continuous evolution of brain-matter, conventional forms are unfitting, since they would seem to limit him to one of a class.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)