Antonyms for unfit
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uhn-fit |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈfɪt |
Definition of unfit
Origin :- 1540s, "not suitable" (in reference to things), from un- (1) "not" + past participle of fit (see fit (adj.)). Related: Unfitness. In reference to persons or human qualities, attested from 1550s. The verb meaning "to render unfit" is recorded from 1610s.
- adj not appropriate or suited
- adj not ready
- With such deep yearning in his soul, he was unfit for heaven.
- Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- The unfit brought in for strength are weakness and destruction.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- When I discovered that I was unfit to hold that trust any longer, I quit.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- This craft was unfit for her duty, but time pressed, and no better offered.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- If there are yellow streaks in the lean of the bacon, it is rusty, and unfit to eat.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- Robin stopped his minstrelsy, and said to the bishop, "This seems to me an unfit match."
- Extract from : « Maid Marian » by Thomas Love Peacock
- I am unfit to be the associate of an honest man,' Miss Wilmot says to you.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- Neo-malthusianism should be confined to the unfit of all kinds, and to the lower races.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- You see you have been in this groove all your life, and are unfit for anything else.
- Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- For a long time it will be so strong as to make him an unfit denizen of the house.
- Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
Synonyms for unfit
- amateur
- awkward
- below par
- blundering
- bungling
- bush league
- butter-fingered
- can't make the grade
- clumsy
- debilitated
- decrepit
- discordant
- disqualified
- down
- dragging
- feeble
- flimsy
- heavy-handed
- ill-adapted
- ill-equipped
- ill-suited
- impotent
- improper
- inadequate
- inapplicable
- inappropriate
- incapable
- incapacitated
- incompatible
- incompetent
- incongruous
- incorrect
- ineffective
- inefficient
- ineligible
- inept
- inexpedient
- inexperienced
- inexpert
- infelicitous
- inharmonious
- laid low
- maladjusted
- maladroit
- mistaken
- no good
- not cut out for
- not equal to
- not fit
- not up to
- out of element
- out of place
- out of shape
- poorly
- rocky
- unable
- unapt
- unbecoming
- uncongenial
- uncool
- unfitted
- unhandy
- unhealthy
- unlikely
- unmeet
- unpracticed
- unprepared
- unproficient
- unpromising
- unqualified
- unskilled
- unskillful
- unsuitable
- unsuited
- untrained
- useless
- valueless
- weak
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