Unsuitabilities

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Conditions or characteristics that are inappropriate or unsuitable for a given situation or purpose
2. instances of incompatibility that prevent effective functioning or acceptance
3. factors or traits that hinder the proper matching of needs and requirements

Etymology: This is an inflected form, so it gets a short note: "unsuitabilities" is the plural of "unsuitability", a noun meaning unfitness for purpose. The singular is built from "unsuitable" plus the suffix "-ity", which turns an adjective into a noun naming a quality. "Unsuitable" itself is a straightforward chain of English parts. The prefix "un-" meaning "not" comes from Old English, and "suitable" joins "suit", which reached English through Anglo-Norman "suite" from Old French "siute", ultimately from Latin "sequi", "to follow", with the sense of a set of things that go together. The suffix "-able", meaning "capable of being", arrived through Old French from Latin "-abilis". The suffix "-ity", which turns adjectives into abstract nouns, came into English from Old French "-ite" and Latin "-itas".

Synonyms: incompatibilities, unsuitableness, inappropriateness, improprieties, dissonances

Antonyms: suitabilities, compatibilities, appropriateness, correctness, fittingness