ill-suited

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ill-suited

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From ill + suited.

adjective more ill-suited · most ill-suited

Unsuitable, unfit or inappropriate for some purpose. A considerable amount of beet comes from the Clonakilty and Courtmacsherry growing areas to Mallow and if the closure proposals mentioned are implemented this traffic will in future years be thrown on roads ill-suited to such heavy haulage.
Not suiting each other; poorly matched. an ill-suited married couple

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@misc{ill_suited_2026,
  title = {ill-suited},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ill-suited},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}