unsuitable

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ suitable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈsuːtəbəl/, /ʌnˈsjuːtəbəl/
• Hyphenation: un‧suit‧a‧ble

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Adjective

unsuitable (comparative more unsuitable, superlative most unsuitable)

1. Not suitable.

   Synonyms: unfit, inappropriate, inadequate

   Antonyms: suitable, appropriate

   • 1968, Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society, volumes 38-40, page 232:

     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 […]

Derived terms

• unsuitability
• unsuitably

Translations

not suitable

• Bulgarian: неподходя́щ (bg) (nepodhodjášt)
• Catalan: inadequat
• Czech: nevhodný (cs)
• Dutch: ongeschikt (nl), ongepast (nl)
• Finnish: sopimaton (fi)
• Galician: inadecuado
• German: untauglich (de)
• Greek: ακατάλληλος (el) (akatállilos)

  Ancient: ἀνάρτιος (anártios)

• Gujarati: અયોગ્ય (ayogya)
• Hindi: अनुचित (hi) (anucit), अयोग्य (hi) (ayogya)
• Hungarian: alkalmatlan (hu), célszerűtlen (hu)
• Irish: mí-oiriúnach
• Italian: inadatto (it)
• Japanese: そぐわない (soguwanai), 不適当な (ja) (futekitō na), 不適切な (ja) (futekisetsu na), 不相応な (ja) (fusōō na)
• Latin: alienus (la)
• Maori: pakarā, hēhē
• Plautdietsch: onpaussent
• Romanian: neadecvat (ro), neconvenabil (ro), inconvenabil (ro), nepotrivit (ro), nenimerit
• Russian: неподходя́щий (ru) (nepodxodjáščij)
• Spanish: inadecuado (es), inapropiado (es)
• Swedish: olämplig (sv)
• Uyghur: ئەپسىز (epsiz), بىئەپ (bi'ep)