Crossword clues for unfitness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unfit \Un*fit"\, a. [Pref. un- + fit.] Not fit; unsuitable. -- Un*fit"ly, adv. -- Un*fit"ness, n.
Wiktionary
n. The characteristic of being unfit.
WordNet
n. poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition [syn: poor shape, bad condition] [ant: fitness]
lacking the power to perform [syn: inability] [ant: ability]
the condition of not being suitable; "the judges agreed on his unfitness for the appointment" [ant: fitness]
Usage examples of "unfitness".
She could at any rate have prevented that by explaining to her father the unfitness of such an arrangement.
And, if the lofty passions with which it has been my scope to distinguish this story shall not excite in the reader a generous impulse, an ardent thirst for excellence, an interest profound and strong such as belongs to no meaner desires, let not the failure be imputed to a natural unfitness for human sympathy in these sublime and animating themes.
That to sell Bibles was strictly lawful by all laws both Divine and human, and consequently there was no unfitness in it.
Among other particulars which constituted the unfitness of things in Mr.
His glory, his legs and his voice, perplexed Maggie with an unanalyzed sense of contradiction and unfitness.
Everything about her competitors seemed to proclaim their sickly unfitness for survival.
The ideals of young women cost them many and great disappointments, but they save them very often from those lifelong companionships which accident is constantly trying to force upon them, in spite of their obvious unfitness.
In the cases, on the other hand, in which the unfitness is real, the ordinary motives of human conduct will on the whole suffice to prevent the incompetent person from making, or from persisting in, the attempt.
And if during the temporary unfitness of my house for occupation, I may lodge in one of the untenanted rooms of this bungalow of yours—.
Dost thou not see how many qualities thou art immediately able to exhibit, in which there is no excuse of natural incapacity and unfitness, and yet thou still remainest voluntarily below the mark?