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ill-fitting

ill-fitting

7 4.1
Not the right size or shape for the person using it
  • adjective
  • /ɪlˈfɪtɪŋ/
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  • "Do you go to school here?" Frank asked, feeling uncomfortable in his ill-fitting plaid shorts.
  • ill-fitting clothes
  • wearing ill-fitting

Let me look at myself around the mirror kind of not looks a little ill fitting like on me.

Examples

  • But the footman was already halfway down the drive, his ill-fitting shoes flopping against the gravel.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The fingers were cold, the flesh loose about the bones like an ill-fitting glove.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • A woman in an ill-fitting pressure suit shined her light directly into our faces.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • The garment seemed so heavy and ill-fitting that I wondered if I had the strength to wear it.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • You can't show up like some schlub in an ill-fitting suit.

  • I knew my ill-fitting clothes were unsuited to the exertions that lay before me.

  • Drew is dressed in the ill-fitting handmade suit by Mrs. Rodriguez.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Eventually, Emily stood up and smoothed out the front of her apricot-colored, ill-fitting dress.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Beside Edna, in big white sunglasses and an ill-fitting yellow sundress, is Barb, four months pregnant.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • He felt self-conscious in his ill-fitting jacket that was several sizes too big.

Synonyms

unfitted
vsill-fitting
4.2

Not the right size or shape to attach properly

is the general term for not fitting properly for people or things
unfitting
vsill-fitting
5.6

Not suitable for a certain situation or purpose

is about wrong physical size or shape rather than general suitability

Antonyms

fit
79 1.0

Suitable and good enough for a particular purpose

1 3.7

Made to fit one person's body exactly

How Fitted

tailored
1 3.7
fitted
2.0
ill-fitting
7 4.1
loose
155 1.0
baggy
38 1.0

Surface Forms

ill-fitting positive

Morphology

ill-fitting = fitting (transparent) = ill + fit + ing

The adjective is formed by adding the prefix 'ill-' (badly) to 'fitting', yielding 'not fitting properly', a directly derivable meaning.

Etymology

The word ill-fitting is made from ill + fit: ill means 'bad' or 'not' and fit means 'to be the right size'. Think of it as a 'bad fit', so ill-fitting describes something that does not fit or sit properly.