unfitadj.adv.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈfɪt/, U.S.

/ˌənˈfɪt/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1

a. Of things: Not fit, proper, or suitable for some purpose or end. †Also const. to (a person).In quot. 1709 apparently ‘badly fitting’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective]

unkinOE

un-i-feieOE

unbecomelyc1200

amissc1325

wrongousa1350

uncovenablec1374

unsitting1390

undue1398

ungainanda1400

unquemea1400

inconvenientc1400

unlikelyc1405

disconvenienta1425

impertinenta1425

discovenablec1436

unmeetc1440

wrongc1440

unjustc1443

unbehovablec1450

inconvenientc1460

uncordial1488

unmeetly1534

unapt1539

unfit1548

incommodious1553

ungreeing1560

impertinent1565

stravagant1565

unproper1566

improper1570

unhovable1570

unapt1579

unbeseeming1583

unsuitablea1586

unappliable1588

unapt1588

unlikely1590

unfittinga1592

unfitted1592

unsuiting1596

unbefitting1598

unsorted1598

unsuited1598

contrary1600

impair1609

unfitty1613

incompetible1621

incongruous1623

infita1626

uncompetiblea1628

inaccommodatea1657

inapplicable1656

inconcinnate1657

inconcinnous1662

inept1675

unaccommodatea1676

incommode1678

indecorous1681

untoward1682

unapplicable1690

insuitable1692

unsuit1704

malapropos1709

inapt1744

out of place1748

uncongenial1788

unfit-like1796

ungain-like1796

inappropriate1804

unadapted1805

dissuitable1807

dissuited1819

ineligible1828

infelicitous1835

unapropos1840

butt-ended1850

malappropriate1851

ungenial1871

misappropriate1878

unbecoming1893

unappropriate1898

unadjusted1899

offside1910

off-key1943

improbable1958

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John i. f. 11^v For there is no tyme nor place vnfit or vnconuenient for to learne those thynges whiche pertayne to euerlastynge welth.

1584 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1908) 5 82 The Earle..gave the poore man many..opprobrious wordes, unfytte and unseemely for a man of that howse and blod.

a1658 R. Lovelace Poems (1904) 191 He that dares this, nothing to him's unfit.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 128 Lord of few Acres, and those barren too; Unfit for Sheep or Vines, and more unfit to sow.

1709 London Gaz. No. 4551/4 He wears..a brown Drugget Coat and Wastecoat..very unfit for him.

1785 W. Cowper Let. 19 Mar. (1981) II. 333 The side board table..was equally unfit for my purpose.

1812 G. Crabbe Tales xiii. 238 Those duties were to her unfit, Nor would her spirit to her tasks submit.

1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. v. 150 Mortars of wood, marble, or iron, are unfit for ordinary laboratory service.

1884 H. Thompson Tumours of Bladder 71 In cases considered temporarily unfit for operation through exhaustion, etc.

b. Without prepositional const.

ΚΠ

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 8 An vnfit and staffysh bow.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxix. sig. Gg6^v Because of the vnfit election she had made.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies vi. xiv. 460 Although these buildings were great, yet were they commonly ill appoynted and vnfit.

1661 G. Rust Let. conc. Origen 78 If old age it self can make the Soul quit her unfit tenement.

1691 in Further Evid. Nairne Peerage (1874) 133 in Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. D) XII. 199 Rendered the same unfit and in human probability impossible.

1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 203 The anxious fidelity with which they discharged their unfit office.

c. Const. with infinitive (active or passive).

ΚΠ

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xiii. sig. I6 A place for pleasantnes, not vnfitte to flatter solitarinesse.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Imbuvable, vndrinkable; vnfit to be drunke of.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxix. 173 There be other [diseases], not so great; which neverthelesse are not unfit to be observed.

1697 [see sense 1a].

1710 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. c22 Aug. (1965) I. 56 There are a thousand things not ill in themselves which custom makes unfit to be done.

1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight viii. 117 The flame..is never steady, and is unfit to read by.

a. Of persons (or other agents): Not fitted, suited, or adapted for some end or action. Also in combinations (in unfit-like) and absol.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective]

unkinOE

un-i-feieOE

unbecomelyc1200

amissc1325

wrongousa1350

uncovenablec1374

unsitting1390

undue1398

ungainanda1400

unquemea1400

inconvenientc1400

unlikelyc1405

disconvenienta1425

impertinenta1425

discovenablec1436

unmeetc1440

wrongc1440

unjustc1443

unbehovablec1450

inconvenientc1460

uncordial1488

unmeetly1534

unapt1539

unfit1548

incommodious1553

ungreeing1560

impertinent1565

stravagant1565

unproper1566

improper1570

unhovable1570

unapt1579

unbeseeming1583

unsuitablea1586

unappliable1588

unapt1588

unlikely1590

unfittinga1592

unfitted1592

unsuiting1596

unbefitting1598

unsorted1598

unsuited1598

contrary1600

impair1609

unfitty1613

incompetible1621

incongruous1623

infita1626

uncompetiblea1628

inaccommodatea1657

inapplicable1656

inconcinnate1657

inconcinnous1662

inept1675

unaccommodatea1676

incommode1678

indecorous1681

untoward1682

unapplicable1690

insuitable1692

unsuit1704

malapropos1709

inapt1744

out of place1748

uncongenial1788

unfit-like1796

ungain-like1796

inappropriate1804

unadapted1805

dissuitable1807

dissuited1819

ineligible1828

infelicitous1835

unapropos1840

butt-ended1850

malappropriate1851

ungenial1871

misappropriate1878

unbecoming1893

unappropriate1898

unadjusted1899

offside1910

off-key1943

improbable1958

1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Dj We see many dull wittes for lernyng, & muche vnfit that waie.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. x. sig. Rr.iij/2 To giue an vnfitt man orders,..is that kinde of sinne which wee doe call an Others sinne.

1796 J. Brown Compend. View Nat. & Revealed Relig. (ed. 2) ii. i. 105 In propagating the gospel by so unfit-like instruments.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) III. 128 A person unknown and unfit..may happen to have the same, under an estate of inheritance.

1882 Nonconformist & Independent 10 Oct. 986/1 The survival of the unfittest, instead of the fittest.

b. Const. to (chiefly with infinitive) or for.

ΚΠ

(a)

1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 118 It maketh him good for nothing,..slothfull, and vnfit to euery good thing.

1629 W. Prynne Church of Englands Old Antithesis 87 This makes them..open rebels against God, vnfit to take his word or name within their lips.

1645 J. Milton Colasterion 5 The unfittest man that could bee, to offer at a comment upon Job.

1747 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 201 I am the unfittest person in the world to give you any satisfaction on this head.

1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III xii. 9 But soon he knew himself the most unfit Of men to herd with Man.

1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. vii. 91 Men who are morally or intellectually unfit to be jurors.

(b)1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. ii. 109 Glo. He was fitter for that place then earth. La. And thou vnfit for any place but hell. 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 73 in Justice Vindicated Being of all mortal men the most unfit for a Churchman.1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 99 Then release the Cow, Unfit for Love, and for the lab'ring Plough. 1736 G. Berkeley Disc. Magistr. in Wks. (1871) III. 413 Monsters, utterly unfit for human society.1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 584 In order that one man might fill a post for which he was unfit.1880 W. H. Dixon Royal Windsor (ed. 3) IV. i. 2 He was a man unfit for such a trust.

3. Not physically fit.Usually const. for or with infinitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > unfit

unfit1665

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > unable or unapt > physically unfit for something

unfeirie1513

unfit1665

1665 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 251 I grow every day more unfit for such a Jorney.

a1721 M. Prior Misc. Wks. (1740) II. 153 The furious heat forbids the reaper's toil. Both beast and men for work are now unfit.

1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 428 The Marquis was very unfit for a journey when he left Naples.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. i. 26 I am myself so disabled..as to be entirely unfit..to do any work.

4. As adv. Unfitly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adverb]

wrongc1175

unkindlyc1300

wrongly1303

unworthily1377

uncovenablya1382

improperly1390

inconveniently1509

ineptly1523

impertinently1546

unaptly1548

unfeatly1548

unhandsomely1548

unfitly1561

disagreeably1566

unmeet1577

unsuitably1624

malapropos1630

unfittingly1637

unfit1653

unworthy1661

inaptly1809

misappropriatelyc1831

infelicitouslya1834

ineligibly1846

inappropriately1847

inapplicably1864

unapropos1956

1653 J. Taylor Certain Trav. Uncertain Journey 8 Sometimes the wits and tongues do, most unfit, Travell, when tongues do run before the wit.

5. As n. A person whose mental or physical health falls below a desired standard.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > sick person > [noun] > physically or mentally disabled

defectivea1591

slimslack1600

unfit1912

vegetable1953

1912 Q. Rev. Apr. 496 The statistics..showing the enormous number of ‘unfits’, made clear the havoc wrought by the modern city.

1925 Scribner's Mag. July 7/2 By cutting off the reproduction of these social unfits,..we can go so far.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unfit
释义	unfitadj.adv. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈfɪt/, U.S. /ˌənˈfɪt/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1 1. a. Of things: Not fit, proper, or suitable for some purpose or end. †Also const. to (a person).In quot. 1709 apparently ‘badly fitting’. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective] unkinOE un-i-feieOE unbecomelyc1200 amissc1325 wrongousa1350 uncovenablec1374 unsitting1390 undue1398 ungainanda1400 unquemea1400 inconvenientc1400 unlikelyc1405 disconvenienta1425 impertinenta1425 discovenablec1436 unmeetc1440 wrongc1440 unjustc1443 unbehovablec1450 inconvenientc1460 uncordial1488 unmeetly1534 unapt1539 unfit1548 incommodious1553 ungreeing1560 impertinent1565 stravagant1565 unproper1566 improper1570 unhovable1570 unapt1579 unbeseeming1583 unsuitablea1586 unappliable1588 unapt1588 unlikely1590 unfittinga1592 unfitted1592 unsuiting1596 unbefitting1598 unsorted1598 unsuited1598 contrary1600 impair1609 unfitty1613 incompetible1621 incongruous1623 infita1626 uncompetiblea1628 inaccommodatea1657 inapplicable1656 inconcinnate1657 inconcinnous1662 inept1675 unaccommodatea1676 incommode1678 indecorous1681 untoward1682 unapplicable1690 insuitable1692 unsuit1704 malapropos1709 inapt1744 out of place1748 uncongenial1788 unfit-like1796 ungain-like1796 inappropriate1804 unadapted1805 dissuitable1807 dissuited1819 ineligible1828 infelicitous1835 unapropos1840 butt-ended1850 malappropriate1851 ungenial1871 misappropriate1878 unbecoming1893 unappropriate1898 unadjusted1899 offside1910 off-key1943 improbable1958 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John i. f. 11^v For there is no tyme nor place vnfit or vnconuenient for to learne those thynges whiche pertayne to euerlastynge welth. 1584 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1908) 5 82 The Earle..gave the poore man many..opprobrious wordes, unfytte and unseemely for a man of that howse and blod. a1658 R. Lovelace Poems (1904) 191 He that dares this, nothing to him's unfit. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 128 Lord of few Acres, and those barren too; Unfit for Sheep or Vines, and more unfit to sow. View more context for this quotation 1709 London Gaz. No. 4551/4 He wears..a brown Drugget Coat and Wastecoat..very unfit for him. 1785 W. Cowper Let. 19 Mar. (1981) II. 333 The side board table..was equally unfit for my purpose. 1812 G. Crabbe Tales xiii. 238 Those duties were to her unfit, Nor would her spirit to her tasks submit. 1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. v. 150 Mortars of wood, marble, or iron, are unfit for ordinary laboratory service. 1884 H. Thompson Tumours of Bladder 71 In cases considered temporarily unfit for operation through exhaustion, etc. b. Without prepositional const. ΚΠ 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 8 An vnfit and staffysh bow. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxix. sig. Gg6^v Because of the vnfit election she had made. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies vi. xiv. 460 Although these buildings were great, yet were they commonly ill appoynted and vnfit. 1661 G. Rust Let. conc. Origen 78 If old age it self can make the Soul quit her unfit tenement. 1691 in Further Evid. Nairne Peerage (1874) 133 in Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. D) XII. 199 Rendered the same unfit and in human probability impossible. 1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 203 The anxious fidelity with which they discharged their unfit office. c. Const. with infinitive (active or passive). ΚΠ a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xiii. sig. I6 A place for pleasantnes, not vnfitte to flatter solitarinesse. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Imbuvable, vndrinkable; vnfit to be drunke of. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxix. 173 There be other [diseases], not so great; which neverthelesse are not unfit to be observed. 1697 [see sense 1a]. 1710 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. c22 Aug. (1965) I. 56 There are a thousand things not ill in themselves which custom makes unfit to be done. 1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight viii. 117 The flame..is never steady, and is unfit to read by. 2. a. Of persons (or other agents): Not fitted, suited, or adapted for some end or action. Also in combinations (in unfit-like) and absol. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective] unkinOE un-i-feieOE unbecomelyc1200 amissc1325 wrongousa1350 uncovenablec1374 unsitting1390 undue1398 ungainanda1400 unquemea1400 inconvenientc1400 unlikelyc1405 disconvenienta1425 impertinenta1425 discovenablec1436 unmeetc1440 wrongc1440 unjustc1443 unbehovablec1450 inconvenientc1460 uncordial1488 unmeetly1534 unapt1539 unfit1548 incommodious1553 ungreeing1560 impertinent1565 stravagant1565 unproper1566 improper1570 unhovable1570 unapt1579 unbeseeming1583 unsuitablea1586 unappliable1588 unapt1588 unlikely1590 unfittinga1592 unfitted1592 unsuiting1596 unbefitting1598 unsorted1598 unsuited1598 contrary1600 impair1609 unfitty1613 incompetible1621 incongruous1623 infita1626 uncompetiblea1628 inaccommodatea1657 inapplicable1656 inconcinnate1657 inconcinnous1662 inept1675 unaccommodatea1676 incommode1678 indecorous1681 untoward1682 unapplicable1690 insuitable1692 unsuit1704 malapropos1709 inapt1744 out of place1748 uncongenial1788 unfit-like1796 ungain-like1796 inappropriate1804 unadapted1805 dissuitable1807 dissuited1819 ineligible1828 infelicitous1835 unapropos1840 butt-ended1850 malappropriate1851 ungenial1871 misappropriate1878 unbecoming1893 unappropriate1898 unadjusted1899 offside1910 off-key1943 improbable1958 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Dj We see many dull wittes for lernyng, & muche vnfit that waie. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. x. sig. Rr.iij/2 To giue an vnfitt man orders,..is that kinde of sinne which wee doe call an Others sinne. 1796 J. Brown Compend. View Nat. & Revealed Relig. (ed. 2) ii. i. 105 In propagating the gospel by so unfit-like instruments. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) III. 128 A person unknown and unfit..may happen to have the same, under an estate of inheritance. 1882 Nonconformist & Independent 10 Oct. 986/1 The survival of the unfittest, instead of the fittest. b. Const. to (chiefly with infinitive) or for. ΚΠ (a) 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 118 It maketh him good for nothing,..slothfull, and vnfit to euery good thing. 1629 W. Prynne Church of Englands Old Antithesis 87 This makes them..open rebels against God, vnfit to take his word or name within their lips. 1645 J. Milton Colasterion 5 The unfittest man that could bee, to offer at a comment upon Job. 1747 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 201 I am the unfittest person in the world to give you any satisfaction on this head. 1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III xii. 9 But soon he knew himself the most unfit Of men to herd with Man. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. vii. 91 Men who are morally or intellectually unfit to be jurors. (b)1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. ii. 109 Glo. He was fitter for that place then earth. La. And thou vnfit for any place but hell. View more context for this quotation1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 73 in Justice Vindicated Being of all mortal men the most unfit for a Churchman.1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 99 Then release the Cow, Unfit for Love, and for the lab'ring Plough. View more context for this quotation1736 G. Berkeley Disc. Magistr. in Wks. (1871) III. 413 Monsters, utterly unfit for human society.1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 584 In order that one man might fill a post for which he was unfit.1880 W. H. Dixon Royal Windsor (ed. 3) IV. i. 2 He was a man unfit for such a trust. 3. Not physically fit.Usually const. for or with infinitive. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > unfit unfit1665 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > unable or unapt > physically unfit for something unfeirie1513 unfit1665 1665 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 251 I grow every day more unfit for such a Jorney. a1721 M. Prior Misc. Wks. (1740) II. 153 The furious heat forbids the reaper's toil. Both beast and men for work are now unfit. 1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 428 The Marquis was very unfit for a journey when he left Naples. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. i. 26 I am myself so disabled..as to be entirely unfit..to do any work. 4. As adv. Unfitly. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adverb] wrongc1175 unkindlyc1300 wrongly1303 unworthily1377 uncovenablya1382 improperly1390 inconveniently1509 ineptly1523 impertinently1546 unaptly1548 unfeatly1548 unhandsomely1548 unfitly1561 disagreeably1566 unmeet1577 unsuitably1624 malapropos1630 unfittingly1637 unfit1653 unworthy1661 inaptly1809 misappropriatelyc1831 infelicitouslya1834 ineligibly1846 inappropriately1847 inapplicably1864 unapropos1956 1653 J. Taylor Certain Trav. Uncertain Journey 8 Sometimes the wits and tongues do, most unfit, Travell, when tongues do run before the wit. 5. As n. A person whose mental or physical health falls below a desired standard. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > sick person > [noun] > physically or mentally disabled defectivea1591 slimslack1600 unfit1912 vegetable1953 1912 Q. Rev. Apr. 496 The statistics..showing the enormous number of ‘unfits’, made clear the havoc wrought by the modern city. 1925 Scribner's Mag. July 7/2 By cutting off the reproduction of these social unfits,..we can go so far. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). unfitv. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈfɪt/, U.S. /ˌənˈfɪt/ Etymology: un- prefix² 1d. transitive. To render unfit; to disqualify. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > render unable [verb (transitive)] > render unapt or unfit undisposec1380 inhabile1534 unapt1593 unfit1611 unqualify1631 indispose1657 disfit1669 inhabilitate1670 disqualify1723 unsuit1869 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Disadattare, to vnfit, to disorder. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. ii. x. sig. P6^v I..esteem'd Sickness more formidable for its unfitting me to learn. 1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 80 Consider again, how much causless and intemperate Anger unfits us for all the parts of Divine Worship. 1779 Mirror No. 16 It may disqualify the mind for the more active..scenes of life, and unfit it for the enjoyments of ordinary society. 1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. iii. 35 To have erred in one branch of our duties does not unfit us for all the rest. 1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner vi. 57 Those whose birth and education unfit them for such pursuits. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1545v.1611
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unfitadj.adv.

unfitv.