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unfitting

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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unfittingunfitting - not in keeping with what is correct or proper; "completely inappropriate behavior"
out or keeping, inappropriate, incompatible
incongruous - lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness; "a plan incongruous with reason"; "incongruous behavior"; "a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation"
Translations
unfitting [ʌnˈfɪtɪŋ] ADJ → impropio
unfitting
adj language, behaviour → unpassend, unschicklich, unziemlich


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The Tennessee Fraysers were a practical folk--not practical in the popular sense of devotion to sordid pursuits, but having a robust contempt for any qualities unfitting a man for the wholesome vocation of politics.
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Yet, goddess, cease your loud lament and keep not vain anger unrelentingly: Aidoneus, the Ruler of Many, is no unfitting husband among the deathless gods for your child, being your own brother and born of the same stock: also, for honour, he has that third share which he received when division was made at the first, and is appointed lord of those among whom he dwells.
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It would be altogether unfitting now to explain that she had not wished her uncle to invite Will Ladislaw.
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