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unmeet

adj · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not meet or proper.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

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2

verb

Meaning 2

To undo the process of meeting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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History

Etymology

From Middle English unmete, vnmete, unimete, from Old English unġemǣte, unmǣte (“immense, enormous; unsuitable”), equivalent to un- + meet (“fit, right”).

From un- + meet.

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: неподходя́щ (nepodhodjášt) — not proper
  • Bulgarian: неподобаващ (nepodobavašt) — not proper
  • Russian: неподходя́щий (nepodxodjáščij) — not proper
  • Russian: несоотве́тствующий (nesootvétstvujuščij) — not proper