unˈmeetness
[f. unmeet a. Cf. OE. unmǽtness immenseness.]
Unfitness, unsuitableness.
| 1573 Baret Alv. F 796 Unaptnesse or vnmeeteness,..ineptia. 1586 W. Webb Eng. Poetrie (Arb.) 88 In a Satyr greate heede is to be taken..of the vnmeetnesse or inconuenience of the matter. 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. 1645 Milton Tetrach. 66 A perpetuall unmeetnes and unwillingnesse to all the duties of helpe. a 1683 Owen True Nat. Gosp. Ch. (1689) 164 The unmeetness of the People to be lead under this Spiritual Rule. 1827 Q. Rev. XXXVI. 36 The unmeetness of the parties being a satisfactory ground of divorce. 1868 Whittier Among the Hills 312 Love has naught to do With meetness or unmeetness. |