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Discover LudwigThe phrase "unsuitable substitute" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when describing an alternative that does not meet the necessary requirements or standards. Example: "The proposed solution was deemed an unsuitable substitute for the original plan, as it failed to address key issues."
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"There was no indication at this moment that there was anything in his past that would make him an unsuitable substitute," she said.
Where MARS MRI is contraindicated or unavailable, CT would be an unsuitable substitute and other modalities such as ultrasound should be considered It is estimated that over 500,000 metal-on-metal (MOM) hip arthroplasties, including both hip resurfacing and total hip replacements (THRs), have been carried out worldwide in the last 15 years (Skinner et al. 2010).
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One can picture him veering away, with a shudder of recognition, from Freud's list, under the label "Unsuitable Substitutes for the Sexual Object," of feet, hair, clothing, and underwear.
However, we felt it was important to include TN in these analyses because of its importance in establishing nutrient criteria (Dodds and Welch 2000) and because other available parameters, such as dissolved inorganic nitrogen, can be unsuitable substitutes (Dodds 2003).
Although complexes of Ag in the Ag III) state exists, the instability of the Ag II) state renders the metal unsuitable for a functional substitute for copper in enzymes such as PHM and DBM.
The standard pump with which the ultrasonic filter was equipped was shown to be unsuitable and was, therefore, substituted for with a prime rate reverse pump that made possible separation and recycle of the mycelial biomass.
The AVERROES (Apixaban VERsus acetylsalicylic acid to pRevent strOkES) study, conducted in patients in whom vitamin K antagonist therapy failed or was deemed unsuitable, evaluated apixaban as a substitute for acetylsalicylic acid in patients with AF.
Previously it has been reported that both the benzyl and benzoyl nitrogen protecting groups are unsuitable for the preparation of substituted phencyclidines.
Those sent to implement these programs were often corrupt or incompetent, and even the most professional among them encountered many obstacles: the nomadic groups were loath to become sedentary, cattle were universally derided as a poor substitute for buffalo, and reservation land was often unsuitable for agriculture.
A differential amplification method utilizing REFET (reference electrode field-effect transistor) and QRE (quasi-reference-electrode) are introduced in order to substitute the conventional Ag/AgCl reference electrode, which is unsuitable to be applied in this cartridge because of its large size.
Once the weather makes cold soup unsuitable, you can use a cup of cream instead of the yogurt, spike it with some lemon juice and even substitute diced cooked shrimp or lobster for the tomato to make an invitingly, rich bisque-like hot soup.
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