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unfit en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ʌnˈfɪt/ (UK, US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Middle English fit? English fit English unfit From un- + fit.

Meanings

  1. Not fit; not having the correct requirements.
    • On September 7, 1993, Sharon Bottoms lost custody of her two-year-old son to her own mother. A Virginia judge found that her sexual relationship with her lover was immoral and rendered her an unfit parent. 1993 October, Nancy D. Polikoff, “Lesbian And Gay Parenting: What's At Stake?”, in Gay Community News, page 3:
    • Wading through history, he noted that some eugenicists believed that the “distinction between the fit and the unfit could be drawn along racial lines,” and others would define a person as “feeble-minded.” 2019 May 28, Ariane de Vogue, “Why Clarence Thomas wrote over a dozen pages on eugenics”, in CNN:
    • Jack cannot run, making him unfit for the track team.
    • The latter engine was found unfit to take its return working at 5.35 p.m. from Luton, and No. 45616, Malta G.C., was provided by Kentish Town as substitute. 1953 April, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes: London Midland Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 284:
  2. Not fit, not having a good physical demeanor.
    • I've become so unfit after stopping cycling to town.
  3. (often, with for) Unsuitable for a particular purpose.
    • Sadly, the station that proves to be the busiest - Blackpool Pleasure Beach - is unfit for purpose. It possesses a tiny canopy back from the platform that offers little in the way of shelter or amenities, other than a couple of benches. 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 56:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most unfit Degree=Sup lexicographic
more unfit Degree=Cmp lexicographic
unfitter Degree=Cmp lexicographic
unfittest Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

fit · fit · suitable · in shape

Deriveds

unfitness · unfitly

Synonyms

unsuitable · improper · inept · unsuitable · out of shape · bad · inopportune · incommensurate · inapt · unhappy · inapt · malapropos · discommensurate · unapt · out of order · out of place · unfit · inappropriate · unseemly · out of line

Translations (25)

es no aparejado (not fit; not having the correct requirements) · fi sopimaton (not fit; not having the correct requirements) · bg негоден (not fit; not having the correct requirements) · ja 不向きな (not fit; not having the correct requirements) · de schwach (not having a good physical demeanour) · bg неподходящ (not fit; not having the correct requirements) · fi huonokuntoinen (not having a good physical demeanour) · mi tē whiti (te tinana) (not having a good physical demeanour) · de kraft- und saftlos (not having a good physical demeanour) · fr inapte (not fit; not having the correct requirements) · es impropio (not fit; not having the correct requirements) · es inadecuado (not fit; not having the correct requirements) · es inapropiado (not fit; not having the correct requirements) · de lahm (not having a good physical demeanour) · gu અયોગ્ય (not fit; not having the correct requirements) · ja そぐわない (not fit; not having the correct requirements) · fr impropre (not fit; not having the correct requirements) · fr incapable (not fit; not having the correct requirements) · ja 不相応な (not fit; not having the correct requirements) · es inapto (not fit; not having the correct requirements) · bg нетрениран (not having a good physical demeanour) · fi kelpaamaton (not fit; not having the correct requirements) · de untauglich (not fit; not having the correct requirements) · ja 不適切な (not fit; not having the correct requirements) · de schlapp (not having a good physical demeanour)

unfit en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ʌnˈfɪt/ (UK, US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Middle English fit? English fit English unfit From un- + fit.

Meanings

  1. To make unfit; to render unsuitable, spoil, disqualify.
    • These preoccupations unfitted the soldiers for the defence of the frontier, and permitted vigorous incursions of Germans form the north and Persians from the east. 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.30:
    • This life entirely unfits you for general practice. 2018, Anna Rogers, With Them Through Hell, →ISBN, page 403:
    • The Select Committee on Transport (Metropolitan Area) of 1919 concluded the following: "Trains were crowded not merely to excess, but almost to danger point. The crush in the 'peak hours' not only overloaded public conveyances, but subjected travellers - particularly the old, the feeble and women - to an amount of suffering, the effects of which often unfitted them temporarily for their ordinary duties." 2020 April 8, Dr David Turner, “How railway staff were conduits and victims of a pandemic”, in Rail, page 31:
    • He [...] added that he was fearful Christianity, or rather Christians, had unfitted him for ascending the pure and undefiled throne of thirty pagan Kings before him. 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
unfits Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
unfitted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unfitted Tense=Past lexicographic
unfitting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

unfitting

Relateds

unfittingness · unfittingly