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Hydroxide is not a suitable base for deprotonation of acetylene:

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Hydroxide is not strong enough as a base to produce large or sufficient amounts of acetylide ion.
This is because the acetylide ion is a stronger base than the hydroxide ion, therefore, the equilibrium will not favor the production of acetylide ion over hydroxide ion.
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