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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The Law Commission said the current rules for defining "unfitness" were formulated in 1836, adding they were now outdated, external and did not take modern medical understandings of capacity into account.
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
No one has yet presented to me a single charge of unfitness or incompetency.
From Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft by Oscar S. Straus
