† unsuitadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Unfitting.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective]
unkinOE
un-i-feieOE
unbecomelyc1200
amissc1325
wrongousa1350
uncovenablec1374
unsitting1390
undue1398
ungainanda1400
unquemea1400
inconvenientc1400
unlikelyc1405
disconvenienta1425
impertinenta1425
discovenablec1436
unmeetc1440
wrongc1440
unjustc1443
unbehovablec1450
inconvenientc1460
uncordial1488
unmeetly1534
unapt1539
unfit1548
incommodious1553
ungreeing1560
impertinent1565
stravagant1565
unproper1566
improper1570
unhovable1570
unapt1579
unbeseeming1583
unsuitablea1586
unappliable1588
unapt1588
unlikely1590
unfittinga1592
unfitted1592
unsuiting1596
unbefitting1598
unsorted1598
unsuited1598
contrary1600
impair1609
unfitty1613
incompetible1621
incongruous1623
infita1626
uncompetiblea1628
inaccommodatea1657
inapplicable1656
inconcinnate1657
inconcinnous1662
inept1675
unaccommodatea1676
incommode1678
indecorous1681
untoward1682
unapplicable1690
insuitable1692
unsuit1704
malapropos1709
inapt1744
out of place1748
uncongenial1788
unfit-like1796
ungain-like1796
inappropriate1804
unadapted1805
dissuitable1807
dissuited1819
ineligible1828
infelicitous1835
unapropos1840
butt-ended1850
malappropriate1851
ungenial1871
misappropriate1878
unbecoming1893
unappropriate1898
unadjusted1899
offside1910
off-key1943
improbable1958
1704 J. Blair in W. S. Perry Hist. Coll. Amer. Colonial Church: Virginia (1870) I. 135 Aspersed with the most unsuitest imputations as if I had been raising sedition or rebellion.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
unsuitv.
1. transitive. To be at variance with.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > be unharmonious or incongruous with [verb (transitive)]
disconsort1601
unsuit1635
1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iv. xv. 241 The sprightly Twang of the melodious Lute Agrees not with my voice: and both unsuit My untun'd fortunes.
2. To render unsuitable.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > render unable [verb (transitive)] > render unapt or unfit
undisposec1380
inhabile1534
unapt1593
unfit1611
unqualify1631
indispose1657
disfit1669
inhabilitate1670
disqualify1723
unsuit1869
1869 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 July 3/2 The health of the former cripple unsuiting her for convent life.
1902 Daily Chron. 8 Dec. 8/5 Their training..completely unsuits them for the proper performance of the duties.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adj.1704
v.1635