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unˈfitted, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not adapted or suited; unfit.
1592in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. iii. IV. 109, I am come upp raggedlie suted and clothed, unfittedst to geve duetiefull attendance on Royall presence. a1625Fletcher Hum. Lieut. ii. iv, How yet unripe we were, unblown, unharden'd, Unfitted for such fatal ends. 1794S. Williams Vermont 351 Such a code is wholly unfitted to the uncorrupted state of the people. 1809Kendall Trav. I. i. 7 A scene, that was not unfitted to leave on the mind a..respectful impression. 1873Symonds Grk. Poets x. 340 Unfitted, perhaps, by temperament for the most impassioned lyrics, Tennyson delights in minutely finished pictures.
2. Not provided with something suitable.
1606Chapman Gentl. Usher iv. iv, If it be nothing but the jarre Of your unfitted fancie that procures Your wilfull coynesse.
3. Not fitted up or out; not properly furnished.
1708Lond. Gaz. No. 4414/3 Some [ships] in the Peer are yet unfitted. 1908Animal Managem. 269 If for military reasons long journeys have to be made in unfitted trucks.
4. Not adjusted by fitting.
1895Pall Mall G. 1 Feb. 5/2 Nations that have not arrived at the artificial prettiness of finely-fitted dress had best be content with the natural beauty of unfitted.
Hence unˈfittedness.
1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iii. v. 94 The Actors were privately to be tried upon the Stage, that upon the insufficiency of the persons, or unfittednesse, the men might be chang'd. 1870Hales Longer Eng. Poems 112 This sense of his unfittedness to perform as yet a poet's high duties. |