Definitions for: Unfit


[adj] not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service"
[adj] below the required standards for a purpose; "an unfit parent"; "unfit for human consumption"
[adj] physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"
[v] make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you"



Webster (1913) Definition: Un*fit", v. t. [1st pref. un- + fit.]
To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the
strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to
disable; to incapacitate; to disqualify; as, sickness unfits
a man for labor; sin unfits us for the society of holy
beings.


Un*fit", a. [Pref. un- + fit.]
Not fit; unsuitable. -- Un*fit"ly, adv. -- Un*fit"ness,
n.

Synonyms: afflicted, apractic, apraxic, autistic, bad, bandy, bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged, broken-backed, condemned, crippled, crookback, crookbacked, dipped, disabled, disqualify, game, gammy, gibbous, halt, halting, handicapped, humpbacked, humped, hunchback, hunchbacked, impaired, incapacitated, indispose, knock-kneed, kyphotic, lame, lordotic, maimed, mutilated, paralytic, paralyzed, paraplegic, spavined, subhuman, swayback, swaybacked, unsuitable

Antonyms: dispose, fir for(a), fit, fit to(a), healthy, qualify

See Also: alter, change, ill, sick, unhealthy, unsound

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