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Meaning of unsitting | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Not sitting well; unbecoming.
    obsolete
  2. Not in a seated position.

Examples

“unsitting demeanor”
“but with Tirone and Odoynall as they are there is little to fear, and the writer has not greatly busied himself, except by ltters, to agree them, lest, being in amity as in times past, the French king might persuide them to "do somethings unsitting."”
“According to More's English text, when she heard of his relationship with Elizabeth Woodville, Edward IV's mother begged him 'to refrain you from her mariage, sit it is an unsitting thing, and a veri blemish, and highe disparagement to the sacred magesty of a prince.”
“Alternatively, with feet beyond the bar, relaxed 'unsitting' muscle and sinew complexes savor the unaccustomed energy flow which accompanies my intentional consciousness, moving to precisely the points needing and receiving energy healing.”
“Her belly feathers were all ruffled, unlike the straight black waiscoat stripe of her unsitting mate.”
“The word itself, from Greek, means "an unsitting prayer ” ; that is, it is traditionally prayed while standing, or while moving in procession.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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