unsuitableness

Example Sentences

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One of the objections is taken from the supposed unsuitableness of the means.

From Sermons on Various Important Subjects by Lee, Andrew

Another species of impropriety is the unsuitableness of thoughts to the general character of the poem.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel

If, on the other hand, they were not aware of his unsuitableness, they showed either carelessness or incapacity which will rank them beneath mediocrity, and by their act they stamped the English name with ignominy.

From The Tragedy of St. Helena by Runciman, Walter

Its unsuitableness for such sports determined Julius Cæsar, in his dictatorship, to construct a wooden theatre in the Campus Martius, built especially for hunting.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

That which makes all other things disproportioned to the soul of man, to give it this joy, is the extreme unsuitableness between them.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh