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Definition: Unfitting |
UnfittingAdjective1. Not in keeping with what is correct or proper; "completely inappropriate behavior". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unfitting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonyms: UnfittingSynonyms: inappropriate (adj), incompatible (adj), out or keeping(p) (adj). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: unfit meat (food & agriculture). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disagreement | Inapt, unapt, inappropriate, improper; unsuited, unsuitable; inapplicable, not to the point; unfit, unfitting, unbefitting; unbecoming; illtimed, unseasonable, mal a propos, inadmissible; inapposite; (irrelevant). uncongenial; ill-assorted, ill-sorted; mismatched, misjoined, misplaced, misclassified; unaccommodating, irreducible, incommensurable, uncommensurable; unsympathetic. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| "Unfitting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unfitting" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "unfitting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | déplacé (uncalled for, unpassable, unwarranted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unpassend (ill timed, improper, inapposite, inappropriate, inappropriately, inapt, incongruous, incongruously, indecorous, indecorously, inept, ineptly, inexpedient, inexpediently, infelicitous, inopportune, unbefitting, unfittingly, unpassable, unsuitable, unsuitably, untimely, untoward). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sconveniente (disadvantageous, disreputable, improper, inconvenient, misbecoming, nonu, suggestive, unattractive, ungentlemanly, unpassable, unseemly, untoward, wrong). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | raa neuyesh (unfitting remark), raa meehraaoil (unfitting remark). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ittingunfay inoportuno (ill-time, inconvenient, inexpedient, inopportune, irrelevant, unfortunate, unhappy, unpassable, unseasonable, untimely, wrong). (various references) opassande (improper, improperly, inappropriate, inapt, indecent, indecorous, inept, off color, off colour, out of order, unbecoming, unmentionable, unseemly), olämplig (ill timed, improper, inadequate, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, inconvenient, incorrect, ineligible, inept, inexpedient, infelicitous, inopportune, misguided, unfit, unseasonable, unsuitable, unsuited). (various references) không ăn khớp (cacophonous, untuned). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | inopportunus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-g-i-i-n-n-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: fitting, nutting, tinting, tufting, uniting. | |
-3 letters: fining, gittin, intuit, tining, tuning. | |
-4 letters: fungi, unfit. | |
-5 letters: gift, inti, ting, tint, titi, tuft, tung, unit. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-g-i-i-n-n-t-t-u" | |
+2 letters: infatuating, unbefitting. | |
+5 letters: centrifugation, counterfeiting. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 66 69 74 74 69 6E 67 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. ..-. .. - - .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01100110 01101001 01110100 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n f i t t i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0066 0069 0074 0074 0069 006E 0067 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)558072758686758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Translations: Ancient 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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