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1unfit — I adjective badly qualified, foolish, ill adapted, ill advised, impertinent, improper, inadequate, inadvisable, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incapable, incommodus, incompetent, incongruous, inconvenient, indignus, ineligible,… …
2unfit — [unfit′] adj. 1. not meeting requirements; not suitable or qualified 2. not physically or mentally fit or sound 3. not adapted or fitted for a given purpose vt. unfitted, unfitting to make unfit; disqualify or incapacitate unfitly adv. unfitness… …
3unfit — (adj.) 1540s, not suitable (in reference to things), from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + pp. of fit (see FIT (Cf. fit) (adj.)). In reference to persons or human qualities, attested from 1550s. The verb meaning to render unfit is recorded from 1610s …
4unfit — [adj1] not appropriate or suited below par*, can’t make the grade*, debilitated, decrepit, discordant, down, dragging, feeble, flimsy, ill adapted, ill equipped, ill suited, improper, inadequate, inapplicable, inappropriate, incompatible,… …
5Unfit — 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… …
6Unfit — Un*fit , a. [Pref. un + fit.] Not fit; unsuitable. {Un*fit ly}, adv. {Un*fit ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …
7unfit parent — n. A parent with suspect morality, or one who may engage in illegal or excessively unhealthy habits, such as habitual drinking to the point of inebriation, or use of illicit drugs. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 …
8unfit — unfit, unsuitable, improper, inappropriate, unfitting, inapt, unhappy, infelicitous are comparable when they mean not right with respect to what is required or expected under the circumstances or demanded by the end, use, or function in view.… …
9unfit — ► ADJECTIVE 1) unsuitable or inadequate for something. 2) not in good physical condition …
10Unfit for Command — Infobox Book name = Unfit for Command author = John E. O Neill and Jerome Corsi cover artist = publisher = Regnery Publishing release date = August 2004 media type = Hardcover/Paperback pages = size weight = isbn = ISBN 0 89526 017 4 Unfit for… …
