Hypertext Webster Gateway: "unfit"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Unfit \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Unfit \Un*fit"\, a. [Pref. un- + fit.]
Not fit; unsuitable. -- {Un*fit"ly}, adv. -- {Un*fit"ness},
n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

unfit
adj 1: below the required standards for a purpose; "an unfit
parent"; "unfit for human consumption" [ant: {fit}]
2: 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" [ant: {fit}]
3: physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad
heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"
[syn: {bad}, {unsound}]
v : make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you"
[syn: {disqualify}, {indispose}] [ant: {qualify}]


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