as in unfit
lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job
a restless free spirit, he was temperamentally unfitted for a desk job
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Recent Examples of unfitted
Mix Materials The beauty in the unfitted kitchen aesthetic is found in its collected look.
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Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 May 2025
The venerable American clan at the center of the narrator’s reminiscences are wholly unfitted to the modern world and no longer endowed with the fortune that one of them brought home long ago on clipper ships.
—Daniel Akst, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 May 2025
The venerable American clan at the center of the narrator’s reminiscences are wholly unfitted to the modern world and no longer endowed with the fortune that one of them brought home long ago on clipper ships.
—Daniel Akst, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfitted
Adjective
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All this while the federal government’s main tool for regulating medical software, the Food and Drug Administration’s device-approval process, is structurally unfit for regulating autonomous clinical AI.—
Alon Bergman,
STAT,
11 May 2026
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If venue personnel deem any person to be a threat, or otherwise unfit, in their sole discretion, he or she will not be permitted access and shall forfeit the prize.—
AJC.com,
AJC.com,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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Even if Brown is ruled incompetent, the case would not be dismissed.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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Our mayor appointed an incompetent team that indirectly caused Palisades, crippled prevention and destroyed Palisades.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
4 May 2026
Adjective
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It was previously believed that extremely tiny objects in space were incapable of hosting atmospheres.—
Justin Klawans,
TheWeek,
8 May 2026
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The current environment of Democrat versus Republican, us versus them, renders the entire body ineffectual and incapable of independent agency and thought.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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“Unfitted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfitted. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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