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词组 unsuitable
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unsuitable /ʌnˈsuːtəbəl, -ˈsjuː- $ -ˈsuː-/ adjective not having the right qualities for a particular person, purpose, or situationadverbstotally/completely/quite/wholly unsuitable The car was totally unsuitable for driving over rough ground.highly unsuitable (=very unsuitable) The climate is highly unsuitable for growing fruit trees.clearly/obviously unsuitable He was clearly unsuitable for this type of work.verbsbe considered unsuitable also be deemed unsuitable formal The job was considered unsuitable for women.make sb/sth unsuitable The pollution makes the water unsuitable for drinking.prepositionsunsuitable for sb/sth The film is unsuitable for children.THESAURUS: unsuitable inappropriatebehaviour | conduct | use | clothing | message | language not suitable for a particular situation or purpose: Parents should not reward inappropriate behaviour. | He was dismissed for inappropriate conduct. | This is an inappropriate use of company funds. | They were not allowed into the restaurant because they were wearing inappropriate clothing. | The principal did not want to give an inappropriate message to students. | Staff are careful not to use inappropriate language when talking to clients. | Slang is inappropriate in an academic essay. | It would be inappropriate for us to comment at this stage. the wrong...way | place | time | person | direction not the right thing or person for a particular job or purpose: It seemed to us to be the wrong way to tackle the problem. | This is the wrong place for a private conversation. | Sorry. I think I’ve called at the wrong time. | She was simply the wrong person for the job. out of place not looking or seeming suitable for that place or situation: The horse-drawn carriage looks a little out of place among the busy traffic. | At first I felt a bit out of place. incompatible two ideas or things that are incompatible cannot exist or be done together. Two people who are incompatible are unlikely to have a successful relationship, because they have very different characters, beliefs etc: He considered the role of wife and mother to be incompatible with a career. | Why do totally incompatible people get married? incongruous formal seeming strange and unsuitable, often in a humorous way, because of being unexpected in a particular situation or very different from its surroundings: It seemed incongruous having a dance band at the funeral. | He was dressed in a three-piece suit with an incongruous tie, shaped like a fish. inconvenienttime | moment | place not suitable and causing problems for you: He always seems to call at inconvenient times. | Is this an inconvenient moment? | The village was rather an inconvenient place to live. | The new station is inconvenient for pedestrians, because it is a long walk from the centre of town. unfit not suitable to be used for something, or not suitable to do something: The boat is not only unfit to live in but is actually unsafe. | The meat was declared unfit for human consumption (=not suitable to eat). | The house was unfit for human habitation (=not suitable to live in). | A jury decided Pryse-Jones was unfit to stand trial at court because of his mental illness. | He claims she is an unfit mother.
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