Is Ill-Fitting One Word?

When something fits, it's the proper size and shape for your body, and when it doesn't fit, it's ill-fitting. This adjective combines ill-, "badly" or "not well," with fitting, from the verb fit, "be fitting or proper" and "be the right shape."

How do you use ill fit in a sentence?

Ill-fitting sentence example
  1. He left, closing the ill-fitting door behind him. ...
  2. He wore an ill-fitting suit and his neck seemed to be untouched by an oversized collar.

What is ill-suited?

: poorly suited : not having the qualities that are right, needed, or appropriate for something a pet ill-suited for travel ill-suited for this job.

Alexander Ross

Alexander Ross

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