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unsuitable

  • /ʌnˈsuːtəbəl/
  • /ʌnˈsjuːtəbəl/

adjective more unsuitable · most unsuitable

  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.

    Similar: unfit, inappropriate, inadequate, bad, discommensurate, improper, malapropos, inapt, incommensurate, inept, inopportune, out of line · Opposite: suitable, appropriate

Opposite: suitable

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: improper, inappropriate, unfit, undesirable, bad, wrong, inapplicable, irrelevant, ineligible, inopportune, ill-suited, unsuited, unsuitability, inexpedient, untimely, ill-timed

adjective

Opposite: suitable

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adj not suitable

Españolinconvenible, desconvenible
日本語そぐわない soguwanai, 不適当な futekitō na, 不適切な futekisetsu na, 不相応な fusōō na
हिन्दीअनुचित anucit, अयोग्य ayogya, अपात्र apātra
Deutschuntauglich
Italianoinadatto
Ελληνικάακατάλληλος akatállilos
Românăneadecvat, neconvenabil, inconvenabil, nepotrivit, nenimerit
Русскийнеподходя́щий nepodxodjáščij

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@misc{unsuitable_2026,
  title = {unsuitable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unsuitable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}