ppl. a. [UN-1 8, 8 d.]
† 1. Not sued for. Obs. rare–1.
1599. Extr. Aberd. Reg. (1848), II. 189. Sindrie our subjectis … sustening gryt loss … in thair persones and gudes, be the piracie of Ingland, quhilkis … hes lyin ouer vnsuted for.
2. Not suited or adapted; unfilted, unfit.
1598. Sidney’s Astr. & Stella, li. My heart … is euen irkt that so sweet Comedie, By such vnsuted speech should hindred be.
1657. Austen, Fruit Trees, II. 74. Therefore are his waies often so unsuted to the apprehensions of men.
1677. Gilpin, Demonol., III. ix. 55. A work … such as had neither bee unsuited to the power of Christ, nor unlawful in it self.
1819. Scott, Ivanhoe, xliv. Like a garment unsuited to the climate in which I seek to dwell.
1847. Smeaton, Builder’s Man., 142. It is unsuited for the purpose to which it is applied.
1861. Buckle, Civiliz., II. i. 136. The municipal privileges … being unsuited to the habits of the people.
b. Not accommodated or supplied.
1796. Burke, Lett. Noble Lord, Wks. VIII. 59. So that no constitution-fancier may go unsuited from his shop.
