unsuitable
[uhn-soo-tuh-buh l]
- not suitable; inappropriate; unfitting; unbecoming.
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Origin of unsuitable
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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.'
Little DorritCharles Dickens
It was the point of view which was unsuitable, not the meaning which was absent!
Cleo The MagnificentLouis Zangwill
We cannot use the cotton, as it is unsuitable for our hosiery yarns.
Bremen Cotton ExchangeAndreas Wilhelm Cramer
Now every melody is right when it has suitable harmony and rhythm, and wrong when unsuitable.
LawsPlato
Young man, you have chosen an unsuitable place to cut your jokes!'
Jack HintonCharles James Lever
unsuitable
- not appropriate, suitable, or fit
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Word Origin and History for unsuitable
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