[f. UNMEET a. Cf. OE. unmǽtness immenseness.] Unfitness, unsuitableness.

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1573.  Baret, Alv., F 796. Unaptnesse or vnmeeteness,… ineptia.

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1586.  W. Webbe, Eng. Poetrie (Arb.), 88. In a Satyr greate heede is to be taken … of the vnmeetnesse or inconuenience of the matter.

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1633.  Bp. Hall, Hard Texts, 228. As there is a disproportion in the legges of a lame man,… so there is much unmeetness in a fooles parable.

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1645.  Milton, Tetrach., 66. A perpetuall unmeetnes and unwillingnesse to all the duties of helpe.

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a. 1683.  Owen, True Nat. Gosp. Ch. (1689), 164. The unmeetness of the People to be lead under this Spiritual Rule.

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1827.  Q. Rev., XXXVI. 36. The unmeetness of the parties being a satisfactory ground of divorce.

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1868.  Whittier, Among the Hills, 312. Love has naught to do With meetness or unmeetness.

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