ill-suited
not suitable; inappropriate.
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But Seligman never imagined how Mitchell might put the concept to work, in part because it was so ill-suited to that purpose.
The Luxury Homes That Torture and Your Tax Dollars Built | Michael Daly | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCompanies are discovering the untapped brainpower of a group long thought ill suited to the office: adults on the autism spectrum.
Companies Discover Untapped Brainpower: Autistics | Joshua Kendall | July 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSecretly, however, Marie pines for Emil Bergson, a dreamer and intellect who seems ill-suited to life on a farm.
American Dreams: ‘O Pioneers!’ by Willa Cather | Nathaniel Rich | February 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut our instant-response culture and media are ill-suited to manage foreign-policy crises.
Libya, Egypt Crises Demand Thought, Not Quick Political Shots | Mark McKinnon | September 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTMy larger objection is that directly addressing schoolchildren on most matters is a role for which every president is ill-suited.
Unfortunately, however, the minister whom the reformed had obtained was ill-suited to these troublous times.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots | Henry BairdThe gay greetings of old friends, the pleasant babble in the breakfast room ill suited his reflective mood.
High Noon | AnonymousBulrush millet, another native crop, was ill suited to Aaron's well-drained fields.
Blind Man's Lantern | Allen Kim LangThe cultivated and liberal mind of Tusser seems to have been ill-suited to his fortune, and to his vocation.
On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, | Samuel FeltonBut in consequence of his ambition and usurpations, his reception at home was ill-suited to the character of his heroic deeds.
Great Events in the History of North and South America | Charles A. Goodrich
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