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Definition of ill-suited adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

ill-suited

adjective

[not before noun] ill-suited to/for somebody/something

not appropriate or useful for a particular purpose or in a particular situation The small broom was ill-suited to the task of cleaning up such a big mess. Her talk on her trip to Las Vegas seemed ill-suited for the group of Girl Scouts she was addressing. compare suited (1)

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