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un·suit·a·ble
/
ʌnˈsu
tə
bəl
/
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[
uhn-
soo
-t
uh
-b
uh
l
]
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adjective
not
suitable
; inappropriate; unfitting; unbecoming.
Origin:
1580–90;
un-
1
+
suitable
Related forms
un·suit·a·bil·i·ty,
un·suit·a·ble·ness,
noun
un·suit·a·bly,
adverb
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unsuitable
(ʌnˈsuːtəb
ə
l, ʌnˈsjuːt-)
—
adj
not appropriate, suitable, or fit
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Commercial switches have various problems that make them
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for
rerouting entangled photons.
There were several reasons for considering a particular section to be
unsuitable
.
Material containing poisonous elements such as arsenic is
unsuitable
for
smelting because of the risk of pollution.
Most have serious flaws, such as low yield or susceptibility to diseases, that
make them
unsuitable
for widespread use.
Many undergraduates and graduates look good on paper but turn out to be utterly
unsuitable
for a science career.
But these networks' public nature makes them
unsuitable
for exchanging sensitive corporate material-and probably those photos too.
Nor does it provide us with any guidelines for controlling
unsuitable
behavior or refining the behavior in some way.
Improving consumers' knowledge of the home mortgage process will better equip them to avoid
unsuitable
mortgages in the future.
However, scientists inserted the genes using viruses, making the cells
unsuitable
for human use.
And these must be qualified by the remark that what is suitable for one sort of composition may be
unsuitable
for another.
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