Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- adj. Not meant or adapted for a given purpose; inappropriate: a solvent that is unfit for use on wood surfaces.
- adj. Below the required standard; unqualified: an unfit parent.
- adj. Not in good physical or mental health.
- adj. Biology Unable to survive or produce viable offspring in a particular environment.
- transitive v. To cause to be unsuited or unqualified: "Having run for president . . . often unfits a man for lesser or more useful subsequent work” ( Garry Wills).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adj. Not fit; not having the correct requirements.
- adj. Not fit, not having a good physical demeanor.
- v. To make unfit; to render unsuitable, spoil, disqualify.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Not fit; unsuitable.
- transitive v. To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to disable; to incapacitate; to disqualify
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not fit.
- Not suited or adapted; not fitted.
- Wanting suitable qualifications, physical or moral; not competent; unable: said of persons.
- Synonyms Inapt. See apt.
- Unqualified, unmeet, unworthy, incompetent, insufficient.
- To make unsuitable; deprive of the proper or necessary qualifications for some act, activity, use, or purpose.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. below the required standards for a purpose
- adj. not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition
- adj. physically unsound or diseased
- v. make unfit or unsuitable
Etymologies
Examples
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The buzz on Cee Lo has been deafening, even if his new song has a title unfit for a family newspaper.
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The winner, Daniel Barbiere, declined to take the free car - a teal, 1993 Saturn SL1, which he described as unfit for the road with 125,000 miles on the odometer, four bald tires, a cracked windshield and four shades of paint.
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e_SDLqIt didn't fool me, Mario Huguet, 75, a psychoanalyst who called Mrs Thatcher a word unfit for publication, said after seeing the premiere.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph
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Well, I see this "unfit" is taking Roland Martin's and Rowe's advise about how he can "try" to bring his campaign back up.
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Mr. Smith said Newt has been called "unfit and unstable" by Romney surrogates, and that Mr. Romney had "mocked" the former speaker in Iowa.
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Unfortunately, he could only think of a phrase unfit for the maiden's ears.
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Children sent out into the word unfit physically or morally are factors detrimental to the best interests of society and to their own progress and prosperity.
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The victorious invaders who occupied the southern provinces of Europe speedily lost their own forms of speech, which were broken down, together with those of the vanquished, into a jargon unfit for composition.
Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities
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She grew up, I am sorry to say, a very unamiable person, ill-tempered, proud, stubborn, and, in short, unfit to make those around her happy or to be happy herself.
Biographical Stories (From: "True Stories of History and Biography")
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She grew up, I am sorry to say, a very unamiable person, ill-tempered, proud, stubborn, and, in short, unfit to make those around her happy, or to be happy herself.
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