unfitness
1
6.5
- noun
- /ʌnˈfɪtnəs/
:
inadecuación
- Every assessment-related activity posed the risk of exposing to others (the professors and other students) what students already suspected: their overall unfitness for college-student status.
Examples
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But more telling of Romney's unfitness for the presidency was his absurd prioritization of the nation's most pressing issues.
Academic text (2006) -
The manager expressed concerns about her unfitness for the leadership role due to her poor performance in previous projects.
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Their unfitness was especially problematic because of the special nature and requirements of American government.
Academic text (2002) -
Therefore, the charge of unfitness and mental instability was a matter of opinion that rested on the decision he had made.
Fiction book (1990) -
Thus, a prima facie case of professional unfitness to teach for such an individual had been established by the very act of joining the Party.
Academic text (2002) -
In practice, this meant leaving the child in the mother’s custody, absent proof of unfitness.
Academic text (1998) -
It is therefore in the peace administration of Mr. Clinton that we may expect to find the best materials for judging his fitness or unfitness to govern.
Blog text (13) -
If this is a pattern inherent to the employee (professional incompetence, unfitness, misconduct, etc.), the procedure will be the personal cause for dismissal.
Blog text (29) -
These include, but are not limited to, immorality, insubordination, neglect of duty, sexual orientation, unprofessional conduct, unfitness to teach, and reductions in force.
Academic text (1994) -
Altogether, the United States very thoroughly discredited itself and exhibited, clear for the entire world to see, its unfitness for the role of sole Middle East mediator, which was established already by Kissinger in the 1970s.
Blog text (2)
Synonyms
9
5.4
Not able to do things because your body or mind does not work well
4
7.0
Not being suitable for a situation or place
3
6.8
Lack of ability to do a job or task well
3
6.4
Lack of skill that makes someone do things badly
1
5.5
A state in which something is not right for a particular use or situation
The state of not being suitable for a situation or purpose
Not suitable or right for a situation
The state of not being right for a use or situation
A lack of enough quality, amount or skill for a purpose
A situation where something is not good enough
Lack of ability to do a task or job well
A state of not being good at doing something
Not enough skill to do something well
Not being able to get or keep a job
A state of being unsuitable or unwise for a specific purpose
Antonyms
How Suitable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unfitness comes from un- meaning 'not' and fit meaning 'suitable', the same 'fit' in fitness. So unfitness can mean not being right or suitable for a particular job or purpose.