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unfitness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun unfitness has 3 senses
- unfitness(n = noun.state) softness - poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury); Array is a kind of health problem, ill health, unhealthiness
- unfitness(n = noun.attribute) inability - lacking the power to perform; Array has particulars: unadaptability, insensitiveness, insensitivity, incompetence, incompetency, incapability, incapableness, insufficiency
- unfitness(n = noun.attribute) Array - the quality of not being suitable; "the judges agreed on his unfitness for the appointment" is a kind of ineptness, unsuitability, unsuitableness
has particulars: debility, feebleness, frailness, frailty, infirmity, valetudinarianism, disability, disablement, handicap, impairment
Antonym: fitness
Derived forms adjective unfit2, adjective unfit3
is a kind of quality
Derived form adjective unfit2
has particulars: disqualification
Antonym: fitness
Derived form adjective unfit1
ROGET THESAURUS
unfitness
Inexpedience
N inexpedience, inexpediency, undesirableness, undesirability, discommodity, impropriety, unfitness, inutility, disadvantage, inexpedient, undesirable, unadvisable, inadvisable, objectionable, inapt, ineligible, inadmissible, inconvenient, incommodious, discommodious, disadvantageous, inappropriate, unfit, ill-contrived, ill-advised, unsatisfactory, unprofitable, unsubservient, inopportune, out of place, in the wrong place, improper, unseemly, clumsy, awkward, cumbrous, cumbersome, lumbering, unwieldy, hulky, unmanageable, impedient, unnecessary, it will never do.Disagreement
N disagreement, discord, discordance, dissonance, dissidence, discrepancy, unconformity, incongruity, incongruence, discongruity, mesalliance, jarring, dissension, conflict, bickering, clashing, misunderstanding, wrangle, disparity, mismatch, disproportion, dissimilitude, inequality, disproportionateness, variance, divergence, repugnance, unfitness, inaptitude, impropriety, inapplicability, inconsistency, inconcinnity, irrelevancy, misjoining, misjoinder, syncretism, intrusion, interference, concordia discors, fish out of water, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, at variance, at war, hostile, antagonistic, repugnant, incompatible, irreconcilable, inconsistent with, unconformable, exceptional, intrusive, incongruous, disproportionate, disproportionated, inharmonious, unharmonious, inconsonant, unconsonant, divergent, repugnant to, inapt, unapt, inappropriate, improper, unsuited, unsuitable, inapplicable, not to the point, unfit, unfitting, unbefitting, unbecoming, illtimed, unseasonable, mal a propos, inadmissible, inapposite, uncongenial, ill-assorted, ill-sorted, mismatched, misjoined, misplaced, misclassified, unaccommodating, irreducible, incommensurable, uncommensurable, unsympathetic, out of character, out of keeping, out of proportion, out of joint, out of tune, out of place, out of season, out of its element, at odds with, at variance with, in defiance, in contempt, in spite of, discordantly, a tort et a travers, asinus ad lyram.
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