unsuitable
adj/ʌnˈsuːtəbəl/ · /ʌnˈsjuːtəbəl/
Etymology From un- + suitable.
1
Not suitable.
- The great so-called seaport of T‘ien-ching (Tientsin), some 75 miles to the southeast, actually lies 40 miles from the sea on the Hai Ho, which is unsuitable for any but light navigation.1944, John A. Pope, “Geography”, in China (Smithsonian Institution War Background Studies), number 20, Washington: Smithsonian Institution, →OCLC, page 7:
- It is intended to develop San Lourenzo^([sic]) into a deep-water port, as Guayaquil is highly unsuitable because of drifting silt banks and a thirty-mile river approach.1957 December 23, J. G. Alderson, “By Rail Through the Andes in Ecuador”, in Railway Magazine, page 837:
1 more example
- Numerous excursions into the field proved to the author that stone axes were unsuitable for gathering shaftings of the proper diameter for arrows. Chopping resulted in long tapering ends […]1968, Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society, volumes 38-40, page 232:
- Synonyms
- bad, discommensurate, improper, inappropriate, inapt, incommensurate, inept, inopportune, out of line, out of order, out of place, unapt, unfit, unhappy, unseemly, unsuitable
- Antonyms
- suitable
- Derived terms
- unsuitability, unsuitably
- Hyponyms
- indelicate, impolite, tactless, untimely