unfitting adjective2 •That is not fitting for its purpose; unsuitable; improper.So the puzzle of the unfitting answer is solved immediately by the interviewee himself, and interactionally recognized as such by the laughing mode in which the participants deal with it. — 2004 •Not fitting (e.g., of clothes).I discarded my old, unfitting clothes off to the bottom of the staircase and tried on the new garments Sue had retrieved for me. When they hit the bottom, I heard a small rattle and ting noise. — 2016 formsmore unfitting · most unfitting