"unsuitable" meaning in English

See unsuitable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-unsuitable.wav [US] Forms: more unsuitable [comparative], most unsuitable [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + suitable. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|suitable}} un- + suitable Head templates: {{en-adj}} unsuitable (comparative more unsuitable, superlative most unsuitable)
  1. Not suitable. Hyponyms: indelicate, impolite, tactless, untimely Derived forms: unsuitability, unsuitably Translations (not suitable): ἀνάρτιος (anártios) (Ancient Greek), неподходя́щ (nepodhodjášt) (Bulgarian), inadequat (Catalan), nevhodný (Czech), ongeschikt (Dutch), ongepast (Dutch), sopimaton (Finnish), inadecuado (Galician), untauglich (German), ακατάλληλος (akatállilos) (Greek), અયોગ્ય (ayogya) (Gujarati), alkalmatlan (Hungarian), célszerűtlen (Hungarian), mí-oiriúnach (Irish), inadatto (Italian), そぐわない (soguwanai) (Japanese), 不適当な (futekitō na) (Japanese), 不適切な (futekisetsu na) (Japanese), 不相応な (fusōō na) (Japanese), alienus (Latin), pakarā (Maori), hēhē (Maori), onpaussent (Plautdietsch), neadecvat (Romanian), neconvenabil (Romanian), inconvenabil (Romanian), nepotrivit (Romanian), nenimerit (Romanian), неподходя́щий (nepodxodjáščij) (Russian), inadecuado (Spanish), inapropiado (Spanish), olämplig (Swedish), ئەپسىز (epsiz) (Uyghur), بىئەپ (bi'ep) (Uyghur)

Alternative forms

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      "word": "неподходя́щ"
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      "sense": "not suitable",
      "word": "inadequat"
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      "sense": "not suitable",
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      "sense": "not suitable",
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      "sense": "not suitable",
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      "sense": "not suitable",
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      "sense": "not suitable",
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      "sense": "not suitable",
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      "word": "ἀνάρτιος"
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      "sense": "not suitable",
      "word": "અયોગ્ય"
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      "sense": "not suitable",
      "word": "alkalmatlan"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not suitable",
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      "sense": "not suitable",
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      "sense": "not suitable",
      "word": "inadatto"
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      "sense": "not suitable",
      "word": "そぐわない"
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      "sense": "not suitable",
      "word": "不適当な"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "not suitable",
      "word": "pakarā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "not suitable",
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      "sense": "not suitable",
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      "sense": "not suitable",
      "word": "inconvenabil"
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      "word": "nepotrivit"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not suitable",
      "word": "nenimerit"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "nepodxodjáščij",
      "sense": "not suitable",
      "word": "неподходя́щий"
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      "sense": "not suitable",
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      "sense": "not suitable",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not suitable",
      "word": "olämplig"
    },
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      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "epsiz",
      "sense": "not suitable",
      "word": "ئەپسىز"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "bi'ep",
      "sense": "not suitable",
      "word": "بىئەپ"
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