Meanings
comparative more unsuitable · superlative most unsuitable
- Not suitable.
It is intended to develop San Lourenzo^([sic]) into a deep-water port, as Guayaquil is highly unsuitable because of drifting silt banks and a thirty-mile river approach.
1957 December 28, J. G. Alderson, “By Rail Through the Andes in Ecuador”, in Railway Magazine, page 8372 more examples
The great so-called seaport of T‘ien-ching (Tientsin), some 75 miles to the southeast, actually lies 40 miles from the sea on the Hai Ho, which is unsuitable for any but light navigation.
1944, John A. Pope, “Geography”, in China (Smithsonian Institution War Background Studies), number 20, Washington: Smithsonian Institution, →OCLC, page 7Numerous 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 […]
1968, Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society, volumes 38-40, page 232Synonyms: unfit, inappropriate, inadequate, bad, discommensurate, improper, inappropriate, malapropos · Antonyms: suitable, appropriate
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot suitable.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot meant or adapted for a particular purpose
adjectivenot capable of being applied
adjectivenot conducive to good moral development
adjectivenot worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*sékʷetor
- Proto-Italic*sekʷōr
- Vulgar Latinsequor, sequi
- Vulgar Latin*sequere
- Vulgar Latin*sequita
- Old Frenchsiute
- Anglo-Normansuite
- Middle Englishsute
- Englishsuit
- Englishsuitable
- Englishunsuitable
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀνάρτιος
- ἀνάρτιος (anártios)not suitable
Bulgarian неподходя́щ
- неподходя́щ (nepodhodjášt)not suitable
Catalan inadequat
- inadequatnot suitable
Czech nevhodný
- nevhodnýnot suitable
Dutch ongeschikt, ongepast
- ongeschiktnot suitable
- ongepastnot suitable
Finnish sopimaton
- sopimatonnot suitable
German untauglich
- untauglichnot suitable
Greek ακατάλληλος
- ακατάλληλος (akatállilos)not suitable
Hindi अनुचित, अयोग्य
- अनुचित (anucit)not suitable
- अयोग्य (ayogya)not suitable
- अपात्र (apātra)not suitable
Hungarian alkalmatlan, célszerűtlen
- alkalmatlannot suitable
- célszerűtlennot suitable
Irish mí-oiriúnach
- mí-oiriúnachnot suitable
Italian inadatto
- inadattonot suitable
Japanese そぐわない, 不適当な
- そぐわない (soguwanai)not suitable
- 不適当な (futekitō na)not suitable
- 不適切な (futekisetsu na)not suitable
- 不相応な (fusōō na)not suitable
Latin alienus
- alienusnot suitable
Māori pakarā, hēhē
- pakarānot suitable
- hēhēnot suitable
Polish nieodpowiedni, niestosowny
- nieodpowiedninot suitable
- niestosownynot suitable
- niewłaściwynot suitable
Romanian neadecvat, neconvenabil
- neadecvatnot suitable
- neconvenabilnot suitable
- inconvenabilnot suitable
- nepotrivitnot suitable
- nenimeritnot suitable
Russian неподходя́щий
- неподходя́щий (nepodxodjáščij)not suitable
Spanish inconvenible, desconvenible
- inconveniblenot suitable
- desconveniblenot suitable
Swedish olämplig
- olämplignot suitable
Cite this entry
unsuitable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsuitable
“unsuitable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsuitable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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