Antonyms for unsuitable
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : uhn-soo-tuh-buh l |
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈsu tə bəl |
Definition of unsuitable
Origin :- 1590s, from un- (1) "not" + suitable. Related: Unsuitably; unsuitability.
- adj not proper, inappropriate
- I speak, of course, in ignorance of the details, and they may be unsuitable on both sides.'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- It was the point of view which was unsuitable, not the meaning which was absent!
- Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
- We cannot use the cotton, as it is unsuitable for our hosiery yarns.
- Extract from : « Bremen Cotton Exchange » by Andreas Wilhelm Cramer
- Now every melody is right when it has suitable harmony and rhythm, and wrong when unsuitable.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- Young man, you have chosen an unsuitable place to cut your jokes!'
- Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever
- The spirit of freedom that prevailed there was unsuitable to his constitution.
- Extract from : « Breaking Away » by Oliver Optic
- She has had a most unsuitable education for a person in her rank of life.
- Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan
- She thought the mention of it most unsuitable at such a season.
- Extract from : « A Houseful of Girls » by Sarah Tytler
- He was at bottom the most unsuitable man who could be found for such a work.
- Extract from : « The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy » by Jacob Burckhardt
- If this hour and day were unsuitable, would he kindly arrange others.
- Extract from : « Love Among the Chickens » by P. G. Wodehouse
Synonyms for unsuitable
- clashing
- disagreeable
- discordant
- discrepant
- disparate
- disproportionate
- dissident
- dissonant
- ill-suited
- improper
- inadequate
- inadmissible
- inapposite
- inapt
- incompatible
- incongruous
- inconsistent
- ineligible
- infelicitous
- inharmonious
- interfering
- irrelevant
- jarring
- malapropos
- out of character
- out of keeping
- out of place
- senseless
- unacceptable
- unbecoming
- unbefitting
- uncalled-for
- undue
- unfit
- unfitting
- unmatched
- unseasonable
- unseemly
- unsuited
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