Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The character of being unfit, in any sense.
Wiktionary
- n. The characteristic of being unfit.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the quality of not being suitable
- n. poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)
- n. lacking the power to perform
Examples
“The unfitness is in the soul and it's a taint and a disgrace.”
“He told Mr.. Thrale, without the smallest consciousness of presumption or what Mr. Square would term the unfitness of things, of his and”
“Given their non-military, hate the military status, presuming to attest to the "unfitness" of Republicans to be in office unless they are former military - the anti-American's chickenhawk taunt is sincere as their white asses going after Lt. Gov Steele, Lee Elder, Clarence Thomas as "not black enough".”
“Hugo's concept of fitness as a spiritual and social virtue cannot easily embrace the reality of the involuntary "unfitness" of those of us disabled folks who cannot ever expect to physically meet those fitness ideals without some seriously creative re-imagining of what "fitness" might be.”
“Then, worst of all, loyal subordinates “will not break his heart by telling him of his growing unfitness—they just try to make up for it.””
“Cancer diagnoses in middle-aged men and women have soared by 20% in a generation as screening picks up more cases and smoking, drinking, obesity and unfitness continue to take a toll.”
The Guardian: Cancer diagnoses in 40-59 age group soar 20% in a generation
“They came at a fitting moment, just as Americans had been handed a report providing the fullest disclosures so far about the multiculturalist zeal that had driven Army and medical school superiors to smooth Nidal Malik Hasan's rocky way through training, promote him, and, despite blatant evidence of his unfitness, raise not a single concern.”
“Whichever specific abomination proved the bees unfitness for survival doesn't matter.”
“So he sat at table, perturbed by his own unfitness and at the same time charmed by all that went on about him.”
“With the help of Angle herself, of course, they made about as strong a case for Angle's unfitness for office as anyone could possible make.”
The Washington Post: Do you want to live in "Sharron Angle's Nevada"?
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bilby "And my own very apparent unfitness for the job, I was going to add; but you can't deny there's been bad luck to it, too. You know how unsuited I am to the work and how I hate it; and I've managed to fight along somehow."
- Eugene O'Neill, 'Beyond The Horizon'. Sep 8, 2009