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unsuited

unsuited

5 4.3
Not able to go well together
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈsuːtɪd/
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  • We're utterly unsuited to each other.
  • unsuited to age
  • unsuited to group
  • unsuited for the new

And probably a lot of them were pretty unsuited to to the life.

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Examples

  • His discharge papers said he was unsuited to military life.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • And it had worked in two other neighborhoods once thought to be unsuited to higher-end shops.

    Blog text (9)
  • And probably a lot of them were pretty unsuited to to the life.

  • But it becomes much easier to put someone in a camp if you believe that they are unsuited to existing anywhere else.

  • Major, your personal connection has made you unsuited for continued service on this mission.

  • The issue here is whether someone totally unsuited for public office... ...can buy his way into the United States Congress.

  • Now that he had arrived, he could see very plainly how unsuited he was for this sort of work.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • But as you seem so unsuited to life here, I suppose I've no choice but to send you home.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • According to Park, Western-style democracy was unsuited to the challenges facing South Korea.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Some job positions are unsuited for people who prefer to work alone.

Synonyms

incompatible
vsunsuited
41 6.2

Not able to work or be used together without causing a problem

lack easy harmonious combination and may not always cause conflict
unsuitable
vsunsuited
20 2.6

Not right for a person, place, or purpose

is about failing to combine harmoniously rather than wrong usage
mismatched
vsunsuited
3 3.4

Different from another thing and not well suited to it

are unable to be combined harmoniously or effectively
mismated
vsunsuited
7.5

Having parts or people that do not go well together

focuses on poor harmonious combining rather than being inappropriate
noncombining
vsunsuited
7.4

Not able to join or mix with other things

describe difficulty in forming a harmonious or effective combination
ill-sorted
vsunsuited
7.1

A group of people or things that do not fit well together

emphasizes poor order rather than only lack of harmony
unattuned
vsunsuited
7.5

Not tuned to the correct musical pitch

applies more widely to things that fail to combine harmoniously
unfitting
vsunsuited
5.6

Not suitable for a certain situation or purpose

relates to poor matching harmony rather than mere incorrectness for use

Antonyms

112 4.1

Able to exist or work together without conflict

16 2.8

Right for a certain person, job, or situation

How Suited

suitable
172 1.8
unsuited
5 4.3
mismatched
3 3.4

Surface Forms

unsuited positive
unsuiteder comparative
unsuitedest superlative

Morphology

unsuited = suited (transparent) = un + suit + ed

The adjective is formed by adding the negation prefix 'un-' to the participial adjective 'suited', so the meaning is directly the negative of 'suited'.

Etymology

The word unsuited is made from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and suit meaning 'to fit' or 'match', the same root you see in suitable and suit. So, unsuited describes something that does not 'fit' or match well with something else.