Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
unfit
IPA transcription: [ənf'ɪt]
adverb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
unfit
Meaning:
below the required standards for a purpose; "an unfit parent"; "unfit for human consumption"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
disqualify, unfit, indispose
Meaning:
make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you"
Usage examples
It makes them unfit for their work.
Why is the Oyster sometimes unfit for use as food?
Oysters, at this time, are "out of season"--that is, unfit for food.
She was quite unfit, poor soul, to intercede for me, or to serve my interests in any way.
It is the only reason. I was thinking of you while I was making myself unfit for you to think of me.'
All tree squirrels and chipmunks should be perpetually protected, as companions to man, unfit for food.
Such a man is totally unfit to have health, because he has not yet learned the first principles of a healthy life.
For myself I know that there is much in my character and disposition to make me unfit to marry a woman of the common stamp.
Drink, gambling, fast living, unfit men for positions of trust, while many pastimes leave the moral nature cleaner and stronger.
When this has taken place, the bottom part must be broken off and put aside as unfit for making gunpowder, and the top part alone used.