Unfit Definition

ŭn-fĭt
unfits, unfitted, unfitting
adjective
Not meeting requirements; not suitable or qualified.
Webster's New World
Not adapted or fitted for a given purpose.
Webster's New World
Below the required standard; unqualified.
An unfit parent.
American Heritage
Not physically or mentally fit or sound.
Webster's New World
Not in good physical or mental health.
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verb
unfits, unfitted, unfitting
To cause to be unsuited or unqualified.
American Heritage
To make unfit; disqualify or incapacitate.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Unfit

  • From un- +"Ž fit.

    From Wiktionary

Unfit Sentence Examples

  • The doc finally declared him unfit after his last episode.

  • In several places the debris within the walls is saturated with sewage, and the water of the Fountain of the Virgin, and of many of the old cisterns, is unfit for drinking.

  • The loss from this cause is also less than formerly, because any grain unfit for export is now readily purchased for the feeding of animals in Ontario and other parts of eastern Canada.

  • The commission, however, reported (1905) that four-fifths of Zululand was unfit for European habitation, and the remaining fifth already densely populated.

  • There Petrarch made his acquaintance, and, finding him a man unfit for any noble enterprise, declined attending him to Rome.

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