unsuitableness
- a word derived from unsuitable.
Example Sentences
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His justification for taking this step was the unsuitableness of the land and the difficulty of procuring fresh water near the heads of Port Phillip.
From The Naval Pioneers of Australia by Becke, Louis
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
Infelic′ity, want of felicity or happiness, misery, misfortune: unsuitableness: anything unsuitable or improper.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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
No one would have laughed at that more than we, there was such an evident unsuitableness in the idea.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 by Various
