unfit

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Not fit

   Not fit; not having the correct requirements.

   • 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.
   • 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.
2. 2

   Not fit, not having a good physical demeanor.

   • I've become so unfit after stopping cycling to town.
3. 3

   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.
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   1. 4

      To make unfit

      To make unfit; to render unsuitable, spoil, disqualify.

      • 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.
      • 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.
      • This life entirely unfits you for general practice.

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