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発音

• IPA: /ʌnˈsuːtəbəl/, /ʌnˈsjuːtəbəl/
• ハイフネーション: un‧suit‧a‧ble

形容詞

unsuitable (comparative more unsuitable, superlative most unsuitable)

1. Not suitable.

   Synonyms: unfit, inappropriate, inadequate; see also Thesaurus:unsuitable

   Antonyms: suitable, appropriate

   • 1944, John A. Pope, “Geography”, in China (Smithsonian Institution War Background Studies), number 20, Washington: Smithsonian Institution, →OCLC, page 7:

     The great so-called seaport of T‘ien-ching (Tientsin), some 75 miles to the southeast, actually lies 40 miles from the sea on the Hai Ho, which is unsuitable for any but light navigation.

   • 1957 December, J. G. Alderson, “By Rail Through the Andes in Ecuador”, in Railway Magazine, page 837:

     It is intended to develop San Lourenzo into a deep-water port, as Guayaquil is highly unsuitable because of drifting silt banks and a thirty-mile river approach.

   • 1968, Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society, volumes 38-40, page 232:

     Numerous excursions into the field proved to the author that stone axes were unsuitable for gathering shaftings of the proper diameter for arrows. Chopping resulted in long tapering ends […]

派生語

• unsuitability
• unsuitably