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Captain Butler, recognising the unsuitableness of Samagudting for a station, had recommended the removal of the headquarters to Woka, in the Lotah Naga country, and about sixty-three miles from Kohima.

From My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills by Johnstone, James Johnstone, chevalier de

That which makes all other things disproportioned to the soul of man, to give it this joy, is the extreme unsuitableness between them.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

She surrounded herself with old brocades, with modern bronzes, with Smyrna rugs--an irregular confusion of picturesque treasures whose unsuitableness justified the temporary look of the whole establishment.

From Felix Lanzberg's Expiation by Schubin, Ossip

Without meeting with any obstacle from ice, but at all events with difficulty enough in consequence of the unsuitableness of the vessel, he arrived at Matotschkin Sound, which he carefully surveyed and took soundings in.

From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882

With Kant he shows that the source of all pleasure is suitableness; the touching and sublime elicit this feeling, implying the existence of unsuitableness.

From Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller by Schiller, Friedrich