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unfit
 
VERB:To make incapable, as of doing a job: disable, disqualify. See ABILITY.
ADJECTIVE:1. Not suited to circumstances: improper, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, inept, malapropos, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, unseemly, unsuitable. Idioms: out of place. See AGREE, USUAL. 2. Lacking capability: inadequate, incapable, incompetent, unequal, unqualified. See ABILITY, EXCESS. 3. Totally incapable of doing a job: incompetent, unable, unqualified. See ABILITY. 4. Not suited to a given purpose: ill-suited, inappropriate, inapt, unsuitable, unsuited. See ABILITY.
 
 
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