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ill-suited

ill-suited adjective: unsuitable, unfit or inappropriate for some purpose.

Adjective

ill-suited (comparative more ill-suited, superlative most ill-suited)

  1. Unsuitable, unfit or inappropriate for some purpose.
    • A considerable amount of beet comes from the Clonakilty and Courtmacsherry growing areas to Mallow and if the closure proposals mentioned are implemented this traffic will in future years be thrown on roads ill-suited to such heavy haulage.1960 December, “The Irish Scene”, in Trains Illustrated, page 715
  2. Not suiting each other; poorly matched.
    • an ill-suited married couple

Forms of ill-suited

comparativemore ill-suited
superlativemost ill-suited

Origin of ill-suited

From ill + suited.

Questions about ill-suited

What does ill-suited mean?
Ill-suited means unsuitable, unfit or inappropriate for some purpose.
What part of speech is ill-suited?
Ill-suited is an adjective.

Words near ill-suited in the dictionary

  1. ill-scented
  2. ill-seen
  3. ill-sorted
  4. ill-spent
  5. ill-starred
  6. ill-suited
  7. ill-tempered
  8. ill-temperedly
  9. ill-temperedness
  10. ill-thought-out
  11. ill-thrift

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