ill-suited

Example Sentences

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Monetary policy is ill-suited for shocks like this.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

If ever there were an animal spectacularly ill-suited to home rehabilitation, it is the beaver.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Kwedar confesses to being “a pretty linear storyteller and filmmaker” and says he initially felt ill-suited to the task.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

A mediocre squad ill-suited to said coach's preferred three at the back.

From BBC • May 26, 2025

She left Dauntless not because she was ill-suited for it but because it was safer to be Divergent in Abnegation.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth