suited

[ soo-tid ]

adjective

1. appropriate for or compatible with a particular person, task, occasion, etc.; fitted:

   A good writer chooses a prose style suited to the subject.

   Parents can decide whether the program is suited for their child.

2. wearing a suit, especially of a specified kind or color (often used in combination):

   At the negotiating table sat a gray-suited executive from the other company.

   Who do you think the jury will believe—the suited detective, or the revolutionary anarchist?

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of suit.

Other Words From

• un·suit·ed adjective
• well-suit·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of suited¹

First recorded in 1615–25; suit + -ed ² for the adjective senses; suit + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

Clumpner backed up Benvenuto – and suggested the Housing Commission was uniquely suited for the task.

From Voice of San Diego

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From Search Engine Watch

They are making many Americans less suited for self-government and more dangerous to their neighbors.

From Washington Post

If you’re frequently on the run and want to avoid bulk, a detachable 2-in-1 will probably be more suited to your lifestyle needs.

From Popular-Science

In fact, covid-19 dashboards are remarkably ill-suited to the complexities of our pandemic reality.

From Washington Post

If well done, a video game is uniquely suited to tell the story of a television show.

From The Daily Beast

But Seligman never imagined how Mitchell might put the concept to work, in part because it was so ill-suited to that purpose.

From The Daily Beast

This suited state governments (especially conservative-led ones) just fine.

From The Daily Beast

So she began trying out the beds, but none of them suited her until she found that the seventh one was just right.

From The Daily Beast

That suited us until the revelation of these alleged, awful crimes.

From The Daily Beast

You have waxed fat and sleek in your seneschalship; this easy life in Dauphiny appears to have been well suited to your health.

From Project Gutenberg

The tone is with few exceptions sweet in quality and seldom powerful, but admirably suited to the amateur.

From Project Gutenberg

This was his native habitat, an environment precisely suited to his peculiar talent.

From Project Gutenberg

The flavor is not unpleasant, but is better suited to those who prefer a mild rather than a full flavored cigar.

From Project Gutenberg

Be this as it may, we hardly think the Yara cigar suited to the cigarist's taste at the present time.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• appropriate
• satisfactory
• suitable