unsuit

transitive verb

un·​suit

¦ən+

: to make unfit

long periods of staff duty tend to disqualify and unsuit the once promising commander

—H. H. Arnold & I. C. Eaker

Word History

Etymology

un- entry 2 + suit

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Rhymes for unsuit

• acute
• aleut
• astute
• beetroot
• breadfruit
• cheroot
• commute
• compute
• confute
• dilute
• dispute
• elute