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Another word for unsuitable

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unsuitable

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inadequate, improper, malapropos, disagreeable, discordant, incongruous, inharmonious, incompatible, clashing, out of place, jarring, dissonant, discrepant, irrelevant, uncalled-for, dissident, inappropriate, inapt, ill-suited, unseemly, conflicting, opposite, contrary, unbecoming, unfitting, unfit, disparate, disturbing, mismatched, unapt, ill-assorted, disproportionate, divergent, mismated, unmated, inapplicable, inconformable, unassimilable, inconsistent, intrusive, infelicitious, amiss, interfering, disagreeing, uncongenial, inept, unbefitting, inapposite, inadmissible, absurd, senseless, unseasonable, unfortunate, ill-timed, unsympathetic, not in keeping, out of joint, at odds, at variance, repugnant, out of kilter*, cockeyed*.

Antonyms fit*, suitable, proper.

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Another word for unsuitable

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Not suited to circumstances:
improper, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, inept, malapropos, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, unfit, unseemly. Idiom: out of place. See agree, usual
Not suited to a given purpose:
ill-suited, inappropriate, inapt, unfit, unsuited. See ability

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The climate is in general warm, but not torrid nor unsuitable for Europeans.
The climate is generally such as to secure the population the necessaries of life without severe labour; the extremes of heat and drought are such as to render the land unsuitable for pasture, and the people everywhere subsist by cultivation of the soil or commerce, and live in settled villages or towns.
Some of his recommendations are quite unsuitable to the state of the country, and display more of general knowledge and good intention than of either the theory or practice of agriculture.
Although the state has a great amount of limestone, especially in Erie and Ottawa counties, its dull colour renders it unsuitable for most building purposes.` It is, however, much used as a flux for melting iron and for making quick lime.
It is therefore adapted for conditions which are unsuitable for Hevea.

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