🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

不合适

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bù hé shì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Unsuitable/ʌnˈsuː.tə.bəl/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"天气不合适野餐,所以我们决定待在室内。"

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not appropriate or proper in the circumstances.

    "The weather was unsuitable for a picnic, so we decided to stay indoors."
  2. 2

    Not fitting or compatible with a particular purpose or situation.

    "His qualifications were deemed unsuitable for the job he applied for."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix un- (Old English 'un-', meaning 'not') combined with suitable, which stems from the Late Latin 'subsequere' via Old French 'sutillier' or 'suir', evolving to mean matching or fitting. Over time, the antonymous form 'unsuitable' became established in Middle English to describe things not matching a particular purpose, person, or occasion.

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