unsuitable

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. unsuited, inappropriate, unfitting, unbecoming. See disagreement.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

Syn. inadequate, improper, malapropos, disagreeable, discordant, incongruous, inharmonious, incompatible, clashing, out of place, jarring, dissonant, discrepant, irrelevant, uncalled-for, dissident, inappropriate, inapt, ill-suited, unseemly, conflicting, opposite, contrary, unbecoming, unfitting, unfit, disparate, disturbing, mismatched, unapt, ill-assorted, disproportionate, divergent, mismated, unmated, inapplicable, inconformable, unassimilable, inconsistent, intrusive, infelicitious, amiss, interfering, disagreeing, uncongenial, inept, unbefitting, inapposite, inadmissible, absurd, senseless, unseasonable, unfortunate, ill-timed, unsympathetic, not in keeping, out of joint, at odds, at variance, repugnant, out of kilter*, cockeyed*.

Ant. fit*, suitable, proper.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

inappropriate, unfit, wrong, improper, inadequate, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, unbefitting, inapt, out ofplace, ill-fitting.

ANT.: appropriate, fit, right, acceptable

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Not suited to circumstances: improper, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, inept, malapropos, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, unfit, unseemly. Idiom: out of place. See AGREE, USUAL. 2. Not suited to a given purpose: ill-suited, inappropriate, inapt, unfit, unsuited. See ABILITY.