unfit
adjective
not fit; not adapted or suited; unsuitable.
unfitness
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a word derived from
unfit.
Example Sentences
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Recommendations it first published a decade ago include a revised test for unfitness to plead, changes to the hearing process and more effective powers for the court where allegations are proved.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Under the California Probate Code, the most common reasons include breach of trust, insolvency, unfitness and incompetence, hostility or deadlock, excessive and/or disqualification where the trustee becomes legally barred from serving.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2025
These statements are presented as evidence of her unfitness for a role requiring impartial application of justice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2025
He is so patently, obviously unfit it’s difficult to come up with some fresh way of describing his unfitness.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2024
In the five years of married life, our home had filled up with articles which by colour and line and unfitness jarred on every sense.
From A Woman of Genius by Mary Hunter Austin
