English

ill-suited

From ill + suited.

A compound of ill + suited

Proto-Germanic *ilhilaz ‘evil, bad’

Old Norse íllr ‘evil, bad’

Middle English ille ‘evil’

English ill

Today it means

adj Unsuitable, unfit or inappropriate for some purpose.

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