"unmeet" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more unmeet [comparative], most unmeet [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English unmete, vnmete, unimete, from Old English unġemǣte, unmǣte (“immense, enormous; unsuitable”), equivalent to un- + meet (“fit, right”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unmete}} Middle English unmete, {{m|enm|vnmete}} vnmete, {{m|enm|unimete}} unimete, {{inh|en|ang|unġemǣte}} Old English unġemǣte, {{m|ang|unmǣte|t=immense, enormous; unsuitable}} unmǣte (“immense, enormous; unsuitable”), {{af|en|un-|meet|t2=fit, right}} un- + meet (“fit, right”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} unmeet (comparative more unmeet, superlative most unmeet)
  1. (archaic) Not meet or proper. Tags: archaic Derived forms: unmeetly, unmeetness Translations (not proper): неподходя́щ (nepodhodjášt) (Bulgarian), неподобаващ (nepodobavašt) (Bulgarian), неподходя́щий (nepodxodjáščij) [masculine] (Russian), несоотве́тствующий (nesootvétstvujuščij) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-unmeet-en-adj-U8FexUQc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: unmeets [present, singular, third-person], unmeeting [participle, present], unmet [participle, past], unmet [past]
Etymology: From un- + meet. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|meet}} un- + meet Head templates: {{en-verb|||unmet}} unmeet (third-person singular simple present unmeets, present participle unmeeting, simple past and past participle unmet)
  1. (transitive) To undo the process of meeting. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-unmeet-en-verb-h8VD9o1n Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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