Unfit

Quick meaning: Unfit is an adjective meaning Not fit; not having the correct requirements.

Meaning

Not fit; not having the correct requirements.

More Meanings

1. Not fit, not having a good physical demeanor.
2. (often with for) Unsuitable for a particular purpose.
3. To make unfit; to render unsuitable, spoil, disqualify.

Example Sentences

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

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.

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.

Word Forms

• unfitter
• unfittest
• unfits
• unfitting
• unfitted

Synonyms for unfit

Depending on context, synonyms include bad, discommensurate, improper, inappropriate, incommensurate, inept.

Antonyms for unfit

Common opposites include fit, suitable, healthy, dispose, qualify.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unsound, bad, indispose, subhuman, unhealthy, disabled.

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