suitability
nounUK /ˌsjuːtəˈbɪlɪti/ · CA, US /ˌsutəˈbɪləti/
Etymology From suit + -ability.
1
The quality of being suitable.
- As he knows little about the particular issues, his criterion must be consistency with his other views, suitability to combine them into a coherent picture of the world.1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 423:
- Derived terms
- agrosuitability, nonsuitability, serosuitability