unsuited

Example Sentences

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They repeat history when the child becomes the wanna-be knight’s squire, and together they prepare for a match that Dunk is wholly unsuited to win.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

The company said that the court ruling “imposes on the Post-Gazette outdated and inflexible operational practices unsuited for today’s local journalism.”

From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026

But Hannah herself is relatively one-dimensional, and Lourd is unsuited to her paper-thin character.

From Salon • Jan. 8, 2025

As his congressional colleagues know better than anyone, he is poisonously obnoxious, temperamentally unsuited to be the leader of any organization too large to meet in a broom closet.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2024

It was an interesting design and seemed likely to work, although he did observe to himself that the shape of the kiln seemed unsuited to the task of bending glass.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson