How to Use ill-suited in a Sentence

ill-suited

adjective

• In other ways, Elliott is ill-suited to the demands of campaigning, of constant contact with others.
  — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026
• The 22-year-old was long considered ill-suited for grass, given how the surface dulls the athletic foundation of her game and rushes her forehand.
  — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 9 July 2026
• But almost routinely, a curveball is then thrown at opponents, many of whom in recent games either have been caught off guard or ill-suited with the switch to an active, aggressive zone.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2026
• The old model of command-and-control management is ill-suited to a workforce burdened by financial strain and skeptical of authority.
  — Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
• Venezuela's military is focused on protecting the country's sovereignty, propped up by Russian, Chinese and Iranian equipment and ill-suited to any foreign operations, according to analysts.
  — Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025