ill-adapted

ill-adapted
index disproportionate, improper, inapplicable, inapposite, inapt, inept (inappropriate), unfit, unsuitable

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  • ill — I. adjective (worse; worst) Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse illr Date: 12th century 1. a. chiefly Scottish immoral, vicious b. resulting from, accompanied by, or indicative of an evil or malevolent intention < ill deeds > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • ill-timed — Synonyms and related words: bad, futile, ill adapted, ill advised, ill assorted, ill chosen, ill considered, ill fitted, ill matched, ill seasoned, ill sorted, ill suited, impolitic, improper, inadmissible, inadvisable, inapplicable, inapposite,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • ill-suited — Synonyms and related words: bad, futile, ill adapted, ill advised, ill assorted, ill chosen, ill considered, ill fitted, ill matched, ill sorted, ill timed, impolitic, improper, inadmissible, inadvisable, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • Adapted — Adapt A*dapt , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adapted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adapting}.] [L. adaptare; ad + aptare to fit; cf. F. adapter. See {Apt}, {Adept}.] To make suitable; to fit, or suit; to adjust; to alter so as to fit for a new use; sometimes… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ill suited — not well adapted, poorly matched, poorly fit …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …   Universalium

  • interior design — 1. the design and coordination of the decorative elements of the interior of a house, apartment, office, or other structural space, including color schemes, fittings, furnishings, and sometimes architectural features. 2. the art, business, or… …   Universalium

  • Edinburgh —    EDINBURGH, a city, the seat of a university, and the metropolis of the kingdom of Scotland, situated in longitude 3° 10 30 (W.), and latitude 55° 57 29 (N.), about a mile (S. by W.) from Leith, 40 miles (S.S.W.) from Dundee, 42 (E. by N.) from …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • Glasgow —    GLASGOW, a city, the seat of a university, and a sea port, having separate jurisdiction, locally in the Lower ward of the county of Lanark, and situated in longitude 4° 15 51 (W.), and latitude 55° 52 10 (N.), 23 miles (E. by S.) from Greenock …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • rhetoric — /ret euhr ik/, n. 1. (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast. 2. the art or science of all specialized literary uses of language in prose or verse, including the figures of speech. 3. the study of the effective… …   Universalium

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