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unfit Definition

un·fit (-fit)

adjective

  1. not meeting requirements; not suitable or qualified
  2. not physically or mentally fit or sound
  3. not adapted or fitted for a given purpose

transitive verb -·fit·ted, -·fit·ting

to make unfit; disqualify or incapacitate

unfit Related Forms
un·fitly adverb un·fit·ness noun
unfit Synonyms

unfit

modif.

  1. 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.

  2. Unsuitable

    improper, ill-adapted, wrong, ill-advised, unlikely, unpromising, inexpedient, inappropriate, inapplicable, inutile, useless, valueless, mistaken, incorrect, inadequate, flimsy.

    Antonyms fit*, suitable, correct.

unfit Law Definition

adj

In products law, not qualified or unsuitable for a particular use or purpose.
unfit Usage Examples

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.
unfit Quotes

A group of theunwilling, picked fromtheunfit, to dothe unnecessary.

—Harkness, Richard Long

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.

—Smith, Adam

Menof power havenottimetoread; yet menwho donot read are unfit for power.

—Foot, Michael Mackintosh