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unsuitable

[uhn-soo-tuh-buhl] / ʌnˈsu tə bəl /


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Millions of books were eventually collected, but many were unsuitable for the purpose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

She said some are met with disbelief which can be particularly "damaging", while even when the trauma is recognised others are told they are "too complex, unsuitable or outside the remit of available services."

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

This is mainly due to concerns about people offering unsuitable foods and birds becoming dependent on humans.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

Those limitations, combined with rapamycin's potential toxicity and the fact that the findings come from animal experiments, make the drug unsuitable for widespread use in humans.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026

The contracting phase will be unsuitable because it has no strong thermodynamic arrow of time.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking


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