Definitions for unfit

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unfit un·fit

Spelling: [uhn-fit]

IPA: /ʌnˈfɪt/

Unfit is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 40 anagrams from letters in unfit (fintu).

Definitions for unfit

adjective

1. not fit; not adapted or suited; unsuitable:
2. unqualified or incompetent.
3. not physically fit or in due condition.
4. Biology. pertaining to an organism or population that is not adapted to prevailing conditions or is not producing offspring in sufficient numbers to maintain its contribution to the gene pool of the next generation.

verb (used with object)

1. to render unfit or unsuitable; disqualify.

Origin of unfit

First recorded in 1535-45; un-¹ + fit¹

Examples for unfit

And really, how can anybody claim that a 25-year-old is unfit to become Miss America?

If there are yellow streaks in the lean of the bacon, it is rusty, and unfit to eat.

The 1891 Immigration Act declared certain classes of individuals as unfit to become American citizens.

Du Pont, 57, was initially declared “actively psychotic” and unfit for trial by a judge, and ordered to a psychiatric hospital.

With such deep yearning in his soul, he was unfit for heaven.

This craft was unfit for her duty, but time pressed, and no better offered.

When I discovered that I was unfit to hold that trust any longer, I quit.

The unfit brought in for strength are weakness and destruction.

In 1971, the local council declared it unfit for living, and evicted the occupants.

Modi, one suspects, will be in no hurry to visit the land that considered him unfit for entry only a short while ago.