unfit
un·fit (-fit′)
adjective
- not meeting requirements; not suitable or qualified
- not physically or mentally fit or sound
- not adapted or fitted for a given purpose
transitive verb -·fit′·ted, -·fit′·ting
to make unfit; disqualify or incapacitate
unfit
modif.
Incompetent
unqualified, feeble, unpracticed, inexperienced, untrained, unskilled, weak, impotent, inept, clumsy, debilitated, incapacitated, badly qualified, ill-equipped, unable, unprepared, ineffective, unapt. Antonyms
able*, fit, effective. Unsuitable
improper, ill-adapted, wrong, ill-advised, unlikely, unpromising, inexpedient, inappropriate, inapplicable, inutile, useless, valueless, mistaken, incorrect, inadequate, flimsy. Antonyms
fit*, suitable, correct.
adj
Converse of object
- render: Housing Aid ) or housing solicitor on what renders a property unfit.
- deem: Please note that we reserve the right not to upload any information which we deem unfit for display on our site.
- declare: About 10 years ago they sent a surveyor in, who declared the building unfit for human habitation.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- render: Outlandish dress for example rendered the wearer unfit to do jobs of work.
Modifies a noun
- meat: The union states that ' we need to work together to combat the problem of unfit meat entering into the food chain ' .
- dwelling: An increase in funding of discretionary grants to reduce the number of unfit private sector dwellings.
- conduct: Thus, there needs to have been evidence of unfit conduct in respect of the current bankruptcy, before an application is made.
Used with adjective complement
- deem: The lady to whom I referred is deemed unfit to live at home with her family.
- declare: ACADEMIC CAREER At the outbreak of the 2nd World War he was declared unfit for military service.
- render: A number of houses were damaged beyond repair, others rendered unfit to live in.
Noun used with modifier
- meat: A trial begins in Hull of men accused of conspiring to sell poultry meat unfit for human consumption to a supermarket chain.
Infinitive complement
- plead: Section 5 sets out the powers to deal with persons not guilty by reason of insanity or unfit to plead.
- practice: If a veterinary surgeon is unfit to practice his or her name may be removed from the register.
- govern: Only by waging their struggle against oppression oppression by those who tell them they are unfit to govern.
Modifying Another Word
- medically: Where staff become medically unfit to perform their duties normal University procedures will apply.
- permanently: Sometimes we decide that a property has outlived its useful life or is permanently unfit to live in.
Preposition: for
- habitation: Many of these houses will be unfit for habitation.
- consumption: Dead animals unfit for human consumption, should not enter the food chain at all.
- purpose: Looking back, of all the public services in 1997, the one that was most unfit for purpose was the criminal justice system.
- duty: A number of men unfit for front line duty volunteered for the Labor Corps.
A group of theunwilling, picked fromtheunfit, to dothe unnecessary.
Tofound a great Empirefor thesolepurpose of raising up a people of customers, mayat first sight appeara project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers; but 798 extremely fit for a nation that isgoverned by shopkeepers. See Napoleon 607:68, Punch 672:7, Stoppard 825:66.
Menof power havenottimetoread; yet menwho donot read are unfit for power.
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