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unsuitable

adj
/ʌnˈsuːtəbəl/

Etymology

From un- + suitable.

  1. derived from sequi
  2. derived from *sequita✻
  3. derived from sieute
  4. derived from suite
  5. inherited from sute
  6. suffixed as suitable — “suit + able”
  7. formed as unsuitable — “un- + suitable”

Definitions

  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.
    • 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.
    • 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 […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA