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ill-fitting

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ill-fit·ting (lftng)
adj.
1. Not fitting well or correctly: ill-fitting trousers.
2. Unsuitable or inappropriate: ill-fitting levity.
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Adj.1.ill-fitting - not the right size or shape
uncomfortable - conducive to or feeling mental discomfort; "this kind of life can prove disruptive and uncomfortable"; "the uncomfortable truth"; "grew uncomfortable beneath his appraising eye"; "an uncomfortable way of surprising me just when I felt surest"; "the teacher's presence at the conference made the child very uncomfortable"


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They were so ill-fitting as to be quite grotesque; even as he appeared in black outline against the moonrise, the coat-collar in which his head was buried made him look like a hunchback, and the long loose sleeves looked as if he had no hands.
The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
There were only three--the jib, foresail, and mainsail; and, patched, shortened, and distorted, they were a ridiculously ill-fitting suit for so trim a craft as the Ghost.
The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context
He returned such glances as fell upon him with fierce insolence; he was indeed somewhat of a strange figure in his ill-fitting and inappropriate clothes amongst a gathering of smart people.
A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
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