UNSUITABLENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose

Synonyms:

ineptness; unsuitability; unsuitableness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("unsuitableness" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unsuitableness"):

inappropriateness; unworthiness (the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting)

unfitness (the quality of not being suitable)

inconvenience (the quality of not being useful or convenient)

Antonym:

suitableness (the quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose)

Derivation:

unsuitable (not worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse))

unsuitable (not meant or adapted for a particular purpose)

unsuitable (not conducive to good moral development)