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[ uhn-soo-tuh-buhl ] / ʌnˈsu tə bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unsuitable ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot suitable; inappropriate; unfitting; unbecoming. Origin of unsuitableFirst recorded in 1580–90; un-1 + suitable OTHER WORDS FROM unsuitableun·suit·a·bil·i·ty, un·suit·a·ble·ness, nounun·suit·a·bly, adverbWords nearby unsuitableunsubstantial, unsubstantiated, unsubtle, unsuccess, unsuccessful, unsuitable, unsuited, unsullied, unsung, unsupervised, unsupportable Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unsuitableWhereas no valid news content is brand unsafe, some may be unsuitable when it comes to particular brand goals. Deep Dive: How media buying execs are adapting to the challenges and changes of 2020 and beyond|jim cooper|September 28, 2020|Digiday Just three years after doctors cast it off as unsuitable, the IUD is reigning supreme. Forget The Pill, IUD Is The New Queen of Birth Control|Sarah Kunst|May 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST Of course, Christian tradition has rejected many of these stipulations about unsuitable professions. St. Hippolytus’ Careers Christians Should Never Have|Candida Moss|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST One “gallant old doctor” says he finds it unsuitable she is in a mortuary. Death Became Her: Molly Lefebure’s Wartime Years of Murder and Suicide|Tim Teeman|April 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Each was ruined or wrecked by some aspect of its location that made it unsuitable as a building site. Swallowed By the Sea|Simon Winchester|March 20, 2011|DAILY BEAST And many shows–even ones geared toward kids—are unsuitable for them. Why the SAT's Reality TV Question is Good for Kids|Kyle Spencer|March 19, 2011|DAILY BEAST They are laying down the weapons they know best how to use, and adopting weapons so unsuitable that they only injure the users. The Task of Social Hygiene|Havelock Ellis Accustomed to riding, he was not a good pedestrian; his winter garments were unsuitable, and he was no longer blessed with youth. The Red River Half-Breed|Gustave Aimard Seeing me, a set and gloomy expression, most unsuitable to a bridegroom, changed to a look of actual fury. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley|C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson I recommended that two of these posts should be abolished, for they were unsuitable for defence purposes. With the Judans in the Palestine Campaign|J. H. (John Henry) Patterson But for many cases this method is unsuitable, and without chloroform we should indeed have been at a loss. A Surgeon in Belgium|Henry Sessions Souttar
British Dictionary definitions for unsuitable/ (ʌnˈsuːtəbəl, ʌnˈsjuːt-) /
adjectivenot appropriate, suitable, or fit Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to unsuitableineligible, inadmissible, incompatible, inadequate, incongruous, unacceptable, improper, unfit, unsuited, irrelevant, clashing, disagreeable, discordant, discrepant, disparate, disproportionate, dissident, dissonant, ill-suited, inapt |