One of the objections is taken from the supposed unsuitableness of the means. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons on Various Important Subjects] Reference
It is even possible that the unsuitableness of the dream had struck the mind of the old man. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2] Reference
No one would have laughed at that more than we, there was such an evident unsuitableness in the idea. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860] Reference
The third reason is, -- our unprofitableness, and unsuitableness to the means of grace we have enjoyed. From Wordnik.com. [The Sermons of John Owen] Reference
The provision itself admits either the possible fallibility of rates or their unsuitableness to changing conditions. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
The unsuitableness in point of natural feeling between scenes of mourning and scenes of liveliness did not at all present itself. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Brown's Schooldays]
Just in case I might be contemplating suing the firm on account of their dodgy staircase, he was assessing the unsuitableness of my shoes. From Wordnik.com. [A new toy (from hell)] Reference
Cowperwood, caught in the drift of circumstance — age, unsuitableness, the flaring counter-attractions of romance and vigor — fairly writhed in pain. From Wordnik.com. [The Titan] Reference
Its unsuitableness for such sports determined Julius Cæsar, in his dictatorship, to construct a wooden theatre in the Campus Martius, built especially for hunting. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Northern States, owing to the unsuitableness of the climate. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures on the Philosophy and Practice of Slavery, as Exhibited in the Institution of Domestic Slavery in the United States: with the Duties of Masters to Slaves.] Reference
Can there be a more decisive proof of its unsuitableness as a test?. From Wordnik.com. [On Catholic Relief] Reference
Increasing unsuitableness between early education and adult life. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Regime, Volume 2] Reference
But Ferragut did not take into consideration the unsuitableness of all this luxury. From Wordnik.com. [Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel] Reference
Disparity of ages and unsuitableness of dispositions -- what was it Fellingham said?. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Short Works of George Meredith] Reference
Now, if all this is true, there seems often-times a strange unsuitableness in praise. From Wordnik.com. [The Nature of Goodness] Reference
She was warned by her friends of the unsuitableness and dangers of her intended connection. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Maiden] Reference
Page 76 his time and energies in fruitless lamentations over the unsuitableness of his materials. From Wordnik.com. [Our Brother in Black: His Freedom and His Future] Reference
I remark'd to him the unsuitableness of his frame under a business of so great and solemn Concern. From Wordnik.com. [Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society] Reference
And even while they looked on him, a dim feeling of the unsuitableness of his lot filled their minds. From Wordnik.com. [Adela Cathcart, Volume 2] Reference
Another species of impropriety is the unsuitableness of thoughts to the general character of the poem. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II] Reference
Neither is Desdemona to be altogether condemned for the unsuitableness of the person whom she selected for her lover. From Wordnik.com. [Tales from Shakespeare] Reference
This will at once show its unsuitableness for repairs and restorations, especially of the kind now under consideration. From Wordnik.com. [The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII.] Reference
Upon comparing the action and the whole nature, there arises no disproportion, there appears no unsuitableness, between them. From Wordnik.com. [Human Nature and Other Sermons] Reference
All taste, relish, and discernment of the suitableness of virtue, and the unsuitableness of vice, being utterly gone from it. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. II.] Reference
Let us imagine a Dean and Chapter so deeply impressed by the unsuitableness of the Crown's nominee that they refuse to elect him. From Wordnik.com. [Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences] Reference
Costly coats and cloaks, heavily trimmed, were surmounted with every variety of showy head-gear, in every variety of unsuitableness. From Wordnik.com. [Daisy] Reference
That which makes all other things disproportioned to the soul of man, to give it this joy, is the extreme unsuitableness between them. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning] Reference
But the noblest of their neighbours refused to appear; not from pride, but because of the unsuitableness and carelessness of such a mode. From Wordnik.com. [The Portent & Other Stories] Reference
He surmised, what was indeed the case, that her husband had remonstrated against the unsuitableness of the attire, to one in her condition. From Wordnik.com. [Verner's Pride] Reference
The same remark may be made upon the notions which secretly prevail in certain quarters at the present day, concerning the unsuitableness of. From Wordnik.com. [Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VII (of 8)] Reference
And the correspondence arises from the action being conformable to the higher principle; and the unsuitableness from its being contrary to it. From Wordnik.com. [Human Nature and Other Sermons] Reference
Having seen it and been confirmed in my judgment about its unsuitableness, I asked the Lord whether I should turn towards the city or towards Stapleton. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller] Reference
However, the unsuitableness of these systems to men subject to the usual impulses and weakness of human nature soon became obvious, and the first errors were gradually corrected. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2)] Reference
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