unsuitedun‧suit‧ed /ʌnˈsuːtəd, -ˈsjuː- $ -ˈsuː-/ adjective [not before noun] 
He was unsuited for the job. old school buildings unsuited to modern education2British English two people who are unsuited are unlikely to have a successful romantic relationship because they have very different characters and interests SYN mismatched: I now realize that Tom and I were totally unsuited.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Are these rules unsuited to modern medicine?
- Attendance is better than 21, 000 a game in the SkyDome, a cavernous building unsuited for basketball.
- Few disciples followed him, his purist rigour being unsuited to compromise or the political infighting which wracked the sectarian Left.
- Mary says that he is unsuited for the clergy and will not marry him if he enters that field.
- She was totally unsuited to anything where she had to organize herself.
- Temperamentally unsuited for compromise, Tatum went on the offensive.
- The two of them seemed so entirely unsuited to each other that I quickly discarded the unbidden image of their marital bed.
- They also tend to be aesthetically unsuited to many older-style properties.
Longman Language Activatornot suitable for a particular purpose, person, or situation
· We never planted roses here because the climate isn't suitable.· The strict laws forbid women to read "unsuitable material."unsuitable/not suitable for · The road is not suitable for heavy vehicles.· The movie contains violence and is unsuitable for children.
formal not suitable for a situation or purpose - use this especially about something that has been done or chosen without enough care or thought: · This is not an appropriate use of taxpayers' money.· I thought his remarks were inappropriate on such a serious occasion.inappropriate/not appropriate for: · The court found that the sex-education brochures were inappropriate for eighth-grade students.it is inappropriate/not appropriate (for somebody) to do something: · It's completely inappropriate for the President to get so involved in a local issue like this.
not having the qualities or characteristics that are needed for a particular purpose or situation: · The tomatoes didn't grow because they're unsuited to the soil here.· Her outfit was completely unsuited to the tropical climate.
not the right one for a particular job or purpose: · You're using the wrong spoon - this is the soup spoon.· I think you picked the wrong time to call her.wrong for: · His brand of nationalism is wrong for our party and wrong for the country.
use this when it is completely the wrong time or place in which to do something, or the person doing it is a completely unsuitable person: · This is hardly the place to talk about your sexual problems.· I know it's hardly the moment to tell you, but I've quit my job.· This little man was hardly the kind of person you'd expect to be in charge of an international gun-smuggling scheme.
not good enough for a particular purpose, especially when someone has officially decided this: unfit/not fit for: · The land is so polluted it is not fit for crops.unfit for human consumption/habitation (=not fit for humans to eat or live in): · The meat was declared unfit for human consumption.unfit/not fit to do something: · Her uncle was mentally unstable and unfit to raise a child.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY I now realize that Tom and I were totally unsuited.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
1not having the right qualities for a particular job or purposeunsuited to/for I now realize that Tom and I were totally unsuited.· He was totally unsuited for the job.· She was totally unsuited to anything where she had to organize herself.· We were totally unsuited: there was no point in pretending any longer.· Richard and I were totally unsuited, we cramped each other, preventing further growth, we were better apart.
He was unsuited for the job. old school buildings unsuited to modern education2British English two people who are unsuited are unlikely to have a successful romantic relationship because they have very different characters and interests SYN mismatched: I now realize that Tom and I were totally unsuited.