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unsuitability

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un·suit·a·ble  (n-st-bl)
adj.
Not appropriate: unsuitable attire.

un·suita·bili·ty n.
un·suita·bly adv.
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Noun1.unsuitability - the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose
inappropriateness, unworthiness - the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting; "he retracted nothing that he had said about the inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a person"; "his praise released from her loud protestations of her unworthiness"
unfitness - the quality of not being suitable; "the judges agreed on his unfitness for the appointment"
inconvenience - the quality of not being useful or convenient
quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
suitability, suitableness - the quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose; "an important requirement is suitability for long trips"
Translations
unsuitability [ˈʌnˌsuːtəˈbɪlɪtɪ] N [of clothes, shoes] → lo inadecuado, lo inapropiado; [of moment] → lo inoportuno; [of behaviour, answer, book, reading] → impropiedad f
unsuitability
n (of moment, clothes, colour, candidate, land)Ungeeignetsein nt; (of language, attitude)Unangebrachtheit f; his unsuitability for the jobseine mangelnde Eignung für die Stelle; I commented on the unsuitability of his clothesich machte eine Bemerkung über seine unpassende Kleidung; their unsuitability as partners is cleares ist klar, dass sie keine geeigneten Partner füreinander sind


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There can be no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of mind and purpose.
That year Countess Lidia Ivanovna declined to settle in Peterhof, was not once at Anna Arkadyevna's, and in conversation with Alexey Alexandrovitch hinted at the unsuitability of Anna's close intimacy with Betsy and Vronsky.
 
 
 
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