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unfitted

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un·fit  (n-ft)
adj.
1. Not meant or adapted for a given purpose; inappropriate: a solvent that is unfit for use on wood surfaces.
2. Below the required standard; unqualified: an unfit parent.
3. Not in good physical or mental health.
4. Biology Unable to survive or produce viable offspring in a particular environment.
tr.v. un·fit·ted, un·fit·ting, un·fits
To cause to be unsuited or unqualified: "Having run for president . . . often unfits a man for lesser or more useful subsequent work" (Garry Wills).
un·fitly adv.
un·fitness n.
unfitted [ʌnˈfɪtɪd]
adj
unsuitable unused to and unfitted for any form of manual labour
Translations
unfitted
adj → ungeeignet, untauglich (for, to für)


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He answered no, not yet; and added that he was fearful Christianity, or rather Christians, had unfitted him for ascending the pure and undefiled throne of thirty pagan Kings before him.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
Now, the original thinker who finds himself compelled to use the current speech of his country in order to impart new and hitherto untried views to his fellows, imposes a task upon the natural means of communication which it is totally unfitted to perform,--hence the obscurities and prolixities which are so frequently met with in the writings of original thinkers.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
I loved my brothers, Elizabeth, and Clerval; these were "old familiar faces," but I believed myself totally unfitted for the company of strangers.
Frankenstein by Shelley, Mary View in context
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