unfit
unfit is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to disable; to incapacitate; to disqualify; as, sickness unfits a man for labor; sin unfits us for the society of holy beings. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to disable; to incapacitate; to disqualify; as, sickness unfits a man for labor; sin unfits us for the society of holy beings.
- adjective. Not fit; unsuitable.
- verb. make unfit or unsuitable
"Your income disqualifies you"
- adjective. not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition
"fat and very unfit"
"certified as unfit for army service"
- adjective. below the required standards for a purpose
"an unfit parent"
"unfit for human consumption"
- adjective. physically unsound or diseased
"has a bad back"
"a bad heart"
Synonyms
disqualify, indispose, bad, unsound
Common word forms
unfits, unfitly, unfitted, unfitness, unfitting
Words from these letters
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