unsuitable
adjective
un·suit·able
ˌən-ˈsü-tə-bəl 
: not fitting or right for a use or purpose : not suitable
an unsuitable choice
unsuitable topics for conversation
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Examples of unsuitable in a Sentence
all the movies playing now are violent or otherwise unsuitable for a child's birthday party
Recent Examples on the Web
This product contains gelatin in the capsule, which is unsuitable for vegans or vegetarian diets.
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Anne Cook Carroll, Verywell Health, 15 May 2024
The resulting tunnel means runners disappear from sight for a few hundred feet each lap, rendering the track unsuitable for meets; the team must travel for every competition.
—Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
But critics often contend the structures have become unsafe over the years and are unsuitable to withstand the modern threats of a changing climate.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2024
Multiple embryos are typically frozen in case initial embryo transfers are unsuccessful, if the complex freezing and thawing process renders the embryos unsuitable for transfer, or if a patient desires more children in the future.
—Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2024
Liberals find the state too expensive and unsuitable for raising a family; conservatives disapprove of, well, almost everything.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
The site is unsuitable for construction, so any new project is reliant on the city spending tens of millions of dollars to get the land suitable for sale.
—Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2024
This can force salt water, or brine, into freshwater creating land unsuitable for farming, Olson said.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Feb. 2024
Temperatures would be increasingly unsuitable for both species, the researchers said, but white rhinos probably would be affected earlier.
—USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
Anne Cook Carroll, Verywell Health, 15 May 2024
The resulting tunnel means runners disappear from sight for a few hundred feet each lap, rendering the track unsuitable for meets; the team must travel for every competition.
—Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
But critics often contend the structures have become unsafe over the years and are unsuitable to withstand the modern threats of a changing climate.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2024
Multiple embryos are typically frozen in case initial embryo transfers are unsuccessful, if the complex freezing and thawing process renders the embryos unsuitable for transfer, or if a patient desires more children in the future.
—Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2024
Liberals find the state too expensive and unsuitable for raising a family; conservatives disapprove of, well, almost everything.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
The site is unsuitable for construction, so any new project is reliant on the city spending tens of millions of dollars to get the land suitable for sale.
—Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2024
This can force salt water, or brine, into freshwater creating land unsuitable for farming, Olson said.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Feb. 2024
Temperatures would be increasingly unsuitable for both species, the researchers said, but white rhinos probably would be affected earlier.
—USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
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“Unsuitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsuitable. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
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