unsuitable

[uhn-soo-tuh-buh l]

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adjective

not suitable; inappropriate; unfitting; unbecoming.

Origin of unsuitable

First recorded in 1580–90; un-¹ + suitable

Related formsun·suit·a·bil·i·ty, un·suit·a·ble·ness, nounun·suit·a·bly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for unsuitable

Contemporary Examples

Just three years after doctors cast it off as unsuitable, the IUD is reigning supreme.
Forget The Pill, IUD Is The New Queen of Birth Control
Sarah Kunst
May 30, 2014
Of course, Christian tradition has rejected many of these stipulations about unsuitable professions.
St. Hippolytus’ Careers Christians Should Never Have
Candida Moss
May 4, 2014
One “gallant old doctor” says he finds it unsuitable she is in a mortuary.
Death Became Her: Molly Lefebure’s Wartime Years of Murder and Suicide
Tim Teeman
April 2, 2014
Each was ruined or wrecked by some aspect of its location that made it unsuitable as a building site.
Swallowed By the Sea
Simon Winchester
March 20, 2011
And many shows–even ones geared toward kids—are unsuitable for them.
Why the SAT's Reality TV Question is Good for Kids
Kyle Spencer
March 19, 2011

Historical Examples

I speak, of course, in ignorance of the details, and they may be unsuitable on both sides.'
Little Dorrit
Charles Dickens
It was the point of view which was unsuitable, not the meaning which was absent!
Cleo The Magnificent
Louis Zangwill
We cannot use the cotton, as it is unsuitable for our hosiery yarns.
Bremen Cotton Exchange
Andreas Wilhelm Cramer
Now every melody is right when it has suitable harmony and rhythm, and wrong when unsuitable.
Laws
Plato
Young man, you have chosen an unsuitable place to cut your jokes!'
Jack Hinton
Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for unsuitable

unsuitable

adjective

not appropriate, suitable, or fit

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Word Origin and History for unsuitable

adj.

1590s, from un- (1) "not" + suitable. Related: Unsuitably; unsuitability.

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Examples from the Web for unsuitable

Contemporary Examples

Just three years after doctors cast it off as unsuitable, the IUD is reigning supreme.

Of course, Christian tradition has rejected many of these stipulations about unsuitable professions.

One “gallant old doctor” says he finds it unsuitable she is in a mortuary.

Each was ruined or wrecked by some aspect of its location that made it unsuitable as a building site.

And many shows–even ones geared toward kids—are unsuitable for them.

Historical Examples

I speak, of course, in ignorance of the details, and they may be unsuitable on both sides.'

It was the point of view which was unsuitable, not the meaning which was absent!

We cannot use the cotton, as it is unsuitable for our hosiery yarns.

Now every melody is right when it has suitable harmony and rhythm, and wrong when unsuitable.

Young man, you have chosen an unsuitable place to cut your jokes!'

unsuitable

Word Origin and History for unsuitable

adj.

Origin of unsuitable