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Meaning of unbefit | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Not to befit or suit; to be inappropriate for.
    archaic, rare, transitive
  2. To make unfit or unsuitable.
    archaic, rare, transitive

Examples

“I cannot think upon thee with the esteem Thy talents should have won thee; and the page, Which for a fallen enemy could teem With scorn; or with the dead its warfare wage; Would shame the bard, not thee, and unbefit the age.”
“No stain tarnishes the trappings to unbefit them for the adornment and control of the well groomed animal that restlessly confesses to his new experience.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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