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# unsuitable

«unsuitable» in Mova's school dictionary: **not right or not appropriate for a purpose, person or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Unsuitable means not right or not appropriate for a purpose, person or situation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsuitable/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, films and games may be unsuitable for children. In safety lessons, unsuitable clothes or shoes can be dangerous. Phrases: unsuitable for, unsuitable clothes.

### examples

- This film is unsuitable for young children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsuitable/#x1)
- Flip-flops are unsuitable for hiking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsuitable/#x2)
- The weather was unsuitable for flying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsuitable/#x3)
- The site is unsuitable for building. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsuitable/#x4)
- The toy is unsuitable for babies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsuitable/#x5)
- He wore unsuitable clothes for the snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsuitable/#x6)

### note

Prefix un- + suitable. Followed by «for». Noun: unsuitability.

### In the corpora

- [Children do not need diets unless a doctor says so; bots may give unsuitable food and body advice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/8/)
- [Safety settings and children's accounts filter unsuitable content, but they are not perfect, so telling a grown-up still matters.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unsuitable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsuitable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.