unfit

4 definitions • 6 examples

not suitable or good enough for a particular purpose or activity:

unfit for The building was declared unfit for human habitation.

not healthy because you do too little exercise:

I used to take plenty of exercise, but now I'm terribly unfit.

to make someone unsuitable for something, or to do or be something:

unfit someone for something My lack of application to my studies unfitted me for any solid profession.

Her unconventional childhood unfitted her for the traditional role of a Southern lady.

unfit someone to do something He had defects of character unfitting him to be a lawyer.

lacking the qualities needed or expected for something; not suitable:

The court ruled that she was an unfit mother and ordered that the child be placed in a foster home.