unfitted

adjective

ˌən-ˈfi-təd How to pronounce unfitted (audio)
Definition of unfittednext
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. — 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
  1. unfit
  2. incompetent
  3. incapable
Adjective
  • 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, 30 June 2026
  • She was deemed unfit to stand trial on medical grounds.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 27 June 2026
Definition of unfit
Adjective
  • This show is about scheming, the weight of the crown, and incompetent brats who want to scheme to get their hands on the crown.
    — Brian Grubb, Vulture, 6 July 2026
  • Her Volumnia bellows at her meek daughter-in-law, Virgilia (Justine Faith) as though reprimanding an incompetent private.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of incompetent
Adjective
  • Salman Rushdie has declared that artificial intelligence has no role to play in literature, cinema or storytelling of any kind, dismissing the technology as fundamentally incapable of originality.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 July 2026
  • The statute does not require that the beneficiary be incapable of all meaningful activity.
    — James Lange, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of incapable

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