Synonyms for Unsuitable

Synonyms for "unsuitable" (189 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (38)

aberrant abnormal abominable atrocious bad chintzy criminal delinquent deviant disgraceful evil exceptionable functionless futile gnominioushardly the thingignominious ill-adapted ill-advised ill-assorted

Show 13 more words

ill-chosen ill-considered ill-fitted ill-matched ill-seasoned ill-sorted ill-suited ill-timed illegal impolitic impossible impracticable improper

Adjective(4 words)

defective faulty impaired impractical

Noun(1 words)

freshwater incompatible

Strong matches (57)

Adjective(8 words)

improperimproper descriptorinapplicable inappropriateinappropriate languageinapt ineffective insufficient

in bad tastein disrepairinadmissible inadvisable inapplicable inapposite inappropriate inapt inauspicious incongruous inconvenient incorrect indecent indecorous indefensible indelicate inelegant inept inexpedient infamous

Show 23 more words

infelicitous inoperable inoperative inopportune intempestive intolerable intrusive irrelevant latemal a proposmaladjusted malapropos misjoined mismatched mismated misplaced mistimed nonfunctional nonutilitariannot donenot the thingobjectionableoff base

Noun(5 words)

miscast miscasting miscasts misfitting notwork

Verb(1 words)

misfitted

Related words (94)

off coloroff-base off-color offensive order otioseout of characterout of jointout of keepingout of lineout of orderout of phaseout of placeout of proportionout of seasonout of timeout of tuneout of whackout-of-linepale

Show 61 more words

Noun(1 words)

poor fit

Adjective(12 words)

undesirable unfitunpalatable mushroomunprofessional behaviorunreliable unsafe unsatisfactory unsuitedunusable energy sourceunusable materialsunworthywrong venue

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

2 entries

inadequate unacceptable

More specific

6 entries

defective materialfaulty equipmentinappropriate attireinappropriate conductunsafe equipmentunsuitable equipment

Collocations

5 entries

unsuitable for classroom useunsuitable for experimentsunsuitable for fourth gradeunsuitable for safety standardsunsuitable for this assignment

Inflections

2 entries

more unsuitablemost unsuitable

Derivations

2 entries

unsuitability unsuitably

similar

4 entries

bad ineligible irrelevant unfit

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Your dress is unsuitable for the occasion.

Source: tatoeba (16913)

In my opinion, it's quite unsuitable.

Source: tatoeba (250433)

In my opinion, this is quite unsuitable.

Source: tatoeba (453437)

Thousands of perfectly healthy greyhounds, which have been found unsuitable for racing, are euthanased every year.

Source: tatoeba (2834390)

Showing 4 of 13 available sentences.

Unsuitable