adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an ill-fitting suit
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dentures had formerly been bought from a professional laboratory, but now ill-fitting ones were ordered from a federal prison.
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He was dressed in a wrinkled yellow plaid shirt which hung outside ill-fitting trousers.
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He was dressed neatly enough in grey breeches, white shirt and an ill-fitting blue coat, but was barefoot.
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Heroin acts as an ill-fitting key which can open the lock but can not then be withdrawn.
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People have found ways to escape ill-fitting jobs, start training programs, or enter graduate school.
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Zero is dressed in a plain white T-shirt and ill-fitting jeans rolled up about six inches.