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Meaning of UNFIT

Pronunciation:  un'fit

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 Definition: 
  1. [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"
  2. [adj]  below the required standards for a purpose; "an unfit parent"; "unfit for human consumption"
  3. [adj]  physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"
  4. [v]  make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you"
 
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 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

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.
    
  2. \Un*fit"\, a. [Pref. un- + fit.]
    Not fit; unsuitable. -- {Un*fit"ly}, adv. -- {Un*fit"ness},
    n.
    
 
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