What is another word for unfit?
Pronunciation:
[ ʌnfˈɪt], [ ʌnfˈɪt], [ ʌ_n_f_ˈɪ_t]
Synonyms for Unfit:
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adj.
• dysfunctional • flabby- gone to seed ,
- out of condition ,
- out of shape ,
- toneless ,
- Irresilient ,
- enervated ,
- flexuous ,
- lax ,
- limp .
- at odds ,
- inapposite ,
- indecent ,
- indecorous ,
- indelicate ,
- off-base ,
- out-of-place ,
- unbefitting ,
- unseemly ,
- unsuitable ,
- untoward ,
- out-of-season ,
- unwarranted .
- Inconsonant ,
- foot-in-mouth ,
- inapropos ,
- left field ,
- left-field ,
- leftfield ,
- malapropos ,
- of place ,
- out ,
- out of line ,
- unsuited ,
- untimely ,
- way off ,
- wrong number ,
- wrong-number ,
- Unmeet .
- delinquent ,
- disadvantageous ,
- inconvenient ,
- inefficient ,
- inexpedient ,
- mistimed ,
- undesirable ,
- unsatisfactory .
- Oversoon ,
- a bit previous ,
- anachronistic ,
- badly timed ,
- bright and early ,
- out of date ,
- overearly ,
- too early ,
- early on ,
- too late .
- green ,
- in expert ,
- in-expert ,
- more blundering ,
- more butterfingers ,
- more floundering ,
- more stumbling ,
- most blundering ,
- most butterfingers ,
- most floundering ,
- most stumbling ,
- oafish ,
- stumbling ,
- un coordinated ,
- un couth ,
- un fit ,
- un gainlier ,
- un gainliest ,
- un gainly ,
- un graceful ,
- un handier ,
- un handiest ,
- un handy ,
- un polished ,
- un refined ,
- un skilled ,
- un skillful ,
- un-coordinated ,
- un-couth ,
- un-fit ,
- un-gainlier ,
- un-gainliest ,
- un-gainly ,
- un-graceful ,
- un-handier ,
- un-handiest ,
- un-handy ,
- un-polished ,
- un-refined ,
- un-skilled ,
- un-skillful ,
- unhandier ,
- unhandiest .
- de based ,
- de-based ,
- in accurate ,
- in adequate ,
- in complete ,
- in exact ,
- in sufficient ,
- in valid ,
- in-accurate ,
- in-adequate ,
- in-complete ,
- in-exact ,
- in-sufficient ,
- in-valid ,
- inexact ,
- insufficient ,
- lame ,
- lamest ,
- lemon ,
- malformed ,
- more blemished ,
- more botched ,
- more imprecise ,
- more lemon ,
- more malfunctioning ,
- more marred ,
- more unretentive ,
- more warped ,
- most blemished ,
- most botched ,
- most imprecise ,
- most lemon ,
- most malfunctioning ,
- most marred ,
- most unretentive ,
- most warped ,
- out order ,
- un reliable ,
- un retentive ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un-reliable ,
- un-retentive ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest ,
- warped .
- ill fitted ,
- ill matched ,
- ill suited ,
- ill-timed ,
- illfitted ,
- illmatched ,
- illsuited ,
- illtimed ,
- in compatible ,
- in correct ,
- in-compatible ,
- in-correct ,
- irrelevant ,
- mis matched ,
- mis-matched ,
- more ill fitted ,
- more ill matched ,
- more ill-fitted ,
- more ill-matched ,
- more illfitted ,
- more illmatched ,
- more mismatched ,
- more unfitting ,
- most ill fitted ,
- most ill matched ,
- most ill-fitted ,
- most ill-matched ,
- most illfitted ,
- most illmatched ,
- most mismatched ,
- most unfitting ,
- out character ,
- out its element ,
- out place ,
- un fitting ,
- un seemlier ,
- un seemliest ,
- un seemly ,
- un-fitting ,
- un-seemlier ,
- un-seemliest ,
- un-seemly .
- ill favored ,
- illfavored ,
- in admissible ,
- in-admissible ,
- more unallowable ,
- most unallowable ,
- un acceptable ,
- un allowable ,
- un desirable ,
- un reasonable ,
- un satisfactory ,
- un wanted ,
- un welcome ,
- un-acceptable ,
- un-allowable ,
- un-desirable ,
- un-reasonable ,
- un-satisfactory ,
- un-wanted ,
- un-welcome ,
- unwelcome .
- ill adapted ,
- illadapted ,
- in adept ,
- in apter ,
- in aptest ,
- in experienced ,
- in sipid ,
- in-adept ,
- in-apter ,
- in-aptest ,
- in-experienced ,
- in-sipid ,
- more ill adapted ,
- more ill-adapted ,
- more illadapted ,
- more inadept ,
- more undexterous ,
- more unfacile ,
- more unproficient ,
- most ill adapted ,
- most ill-adapted ,
- most illadapted ,
- most inadept ,
- most undexterous ,
- most unfacile ,
- most unproficient ,
- un dexterous ,
- un facile ,
- un proficient ,
- un-dexterous ,
- un-facile ,
- un-proficient .
- in capable ,
- in effective ,
- in proficient ,
- in-capable ,
- in-effective ,
- in-proficient ,
- ineffective ,
- losing ,
- more disqualified ,
- more ineffective ,
- more inproficient ,
- more uncool ,
- more unequipped ,
- most disqualified ,
- most inproficient ,
- most uncool ,
- most unequipped ,
- not to ,
- un cool ,
- un equipped ,
- un-cool ,
- un-equipped .
- bushleague ,
- in competent ,
- in effectual ,
- in-competent ,
- in-effectual ,
- more amateur ,
- more unadapted ,
- more unfitted ,
- most amateur ,
- most unadapted ,
- most unfitted ,
- out lunch ,
- un adapted ,
- un fitted ,
- un initiated ,
- un trained ,
- un-adapted ,
- un-fitted ,
- un-initiated ,
- un-trained .
- cant hack it ,
- dis organized ,
- dis-organized ,
- half baked ,
- halfbaked ,
- improficient ,
- in efficacious ,
- in efficient ,
- in-efficacious ,
- in-efficient ,
- more improficient ,
- most improficient ,
- slovenly ,
- un prepared ,
- un-prepared .
- below par ,
- debilitated ,
- decrepit ,
- discordant ,
- dragging ,
- flimsy ,
- incompatible ,
- infelicitous ,
- inharmonious ,
- laid low ,
- out of element ,
- poorly ,
- rocky ,
- uncongenial ,
- unhealthy .
- Blundering ,
- Butter-fingered ,
- amateur ,
- bungling ,
- bush league ,
- clumsy ,
- disqualified ,
- heavy-handed ,
- incapacitated ,
- inexperienced ,
- inexpert ,
- maladroit ,
- unpracticed ,
- unprepared ,
- unskilled ,
- unskillful ,
- untrained ,
- weak .
- dis enfranchised ,
- dis-enfranchised ,
- in capacitated ,
- in-capacitated ,
- more chicken ,
- more disenfranchised ,
- more etiolated ,
- most chicken ,
- most disenfranchised ,
- most etiolated ,
- out gas ,
- un armed ,
- un-armed ,
- wimp ,
- wimper ,
- wimpest ,
- wishy washy ,
- wishywashy .
- Impuissant ,
- can't make grade ,
- cant cut it ,
- cant make grade ,
- cant make the grade ,
- in operative ,
- in-operative ,
- more hog tied ,
- more hog-tied ,
- more hogtied ,
- more impuissant ,
- more sidelined ,
- most hog tied ,
- most hog-tied ,
- most hogtied ,
- most impuissant ,
- most sidelined ,
- no can do ,
- out commission ,
- un abler ,
- un ablest ,
- un-abler ,
- un-ablest .
- dis creditable ,
- dis-creditable ,
- in decent ,
- in delicate ,
- in-decent ,
- in-delicate ,
- un attractive ,
- un becoming ,
- un fair ,
- un fairer ,
- un fairest ,
- un flattering ,
- un godlier ,
- un godliest ,
- un godly ,
- un handsome ,
- un handsomer ,
- un handsomest ,
- un lovelier ,
- un loveliest ,
- un lovely ,
- un sightlier ,
- un sightliest ,
- un sightly ,
- un-attractive ,
- un-becoming ,
- un-fair ,
- un-fairer ,
- un-fairest ,
- un-flattering ,
- un-godlier ,
- un-godliest ,
- un-godly ,
- un-handsome ,
- un-handsomer ,
- un-handsomest ,
- un-lovelier ,
- un-loveliest ,
- un-lovely ,
- un-sightlier ,
- un-sightliest ,
- un-sightly ,
- unhandsomer ,
- unhandsomest .
- dis advantageous ,
- dis commodious ,
- dis-advantageous ,
- dis-commodious ,
- in auspicious ,
- in convenient ,
- in-auspicious ,
- in-convenient ,
- more discommodious ,
- more unpromising ,
- most discommodious ,
- most unpromising ,
- un favorable ,
- un fortunate ,
- un friendlier ,
- un friendliest ,
- un luckier ,
- un luckiest ,
- un lucky ,
- un promising ,
- un propitious ,
- un-favorable ,
- un-fortunate ,
- un-friendlier ,
- un-friendliest ,
- un-friendly ,
- un-luckier ,
- un-lucky ,
- un-promising .
- bushest ,
- ill equipped ,
- illequipped ,
- more ill equipped ,
- more ill-equipped ,
- more illequipped ,
- most ill equipped ,
- most ill-equipped ,
- most illequipped ,
- un qualified ,
- un-qualified .
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n.
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- infectious .
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- excess .
- game .
- halt .
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v.
• disable- dis armed ,
- dis arming ,
- dis arms ,
- dis enable ,
- dis enabled ,
- dis enables ,
- dis enabling ,
- dis-armed ,
- dis-arming ,
- dis-arms ,
- dis-enable ,
- dis-enabled ,
- dis-enables ,
- dis-enabling ,
- disenabled ,
- disenables ,
- disenabling ,
- in capacitate ,
- in capacitates ,
- in capacitating ,
- in-capacitate ,
- in-capacitates ,
- in-capacitating ,
- kiboshed ,
- kiboshing ,
- put out action ,
- puts out action ,
- puts out of action ,
- putting out action ,
- putting out of action ,
- rendered incapable ,
- rendering incapable ,
- renders incapable ,
- shooting down ,
- shoots down ,
- threw monkey wrench in ,
- throwing monkey wrench in ,
- throws monkey wrench in ,
- un brace ,
- un braced ,
- un braces ,
- un bracing ,
- un fits ,
- un strengthen ,
- un strengthened ,
- un strengthening ,
- un strengthens ,
- un-brace ,
- un-braced ,
- un-braces ,
- un-bracing ,
- un-fits ,
- un-strengthen ,
- un-strengthened ,
- un-strengthening ,
- un-strengthens ,
- unbraces ,
- unbracing ,
- under mining ,
- under-mining ,
- unstrengthening ,
- unstrengthens .
- de bar ,
- de barred ,
- de barring ,
- de bars ,
- de-bar ,
- de-barred ,
- de-barring ,
- de-bars ,
- dis entitle ,
- dis entitled ,
- dis entitles ,
- dis entitling ,
- dis franchise ,
- dis franchised ,
- dis franchises ,
- dis franchising ,
- dis qualified ,
- dis qualifies ,
- dis qualify ,
- dis qualifying ,
- dis-entitle ,
- dis-entitled ,
- dis-entitles ,
- dis-entitling ,
- dis-franchise ,
- dis-franchised ,
- dis-franchises ,
- dis-franchising ,
- dis-qualified ,
- dis-qualifies ,
- dis-qualify ,
- dis-qualifying ,
- disentitles ,
- disfranchises ,
- eighty six ,
- eightysix ,
- ex cept ,
- ex-cept ,
- nixed ,
- not make cut ,
- not make cutting ,
- not make the cutting .
- de base ,
- de basing ,
- de crease ,
- de creased ,
- de creases ,
- de creasing ,
- de stroy ,
- de stroyed ,
- de stroying ,
- de stroys ,
- de valuate ,
- de valuated ,
- de valuates ,
- de valuating ,
- de value ,
- de valued ,
- de values ,
- de valuing ,
- de-base ,
- de-basing ,
- de-crease ,
- de-creased ,
- de-creases ,
- de-creasing ,
- de-stroy ,
- de-stroyed ,
- de-stroying ,
- de-stroys ,
- de-valuate ,
- de-valuated ,
- de-valuates ,
- de-valuating ,
- de-value ,
- de-valued ,
- de-values ,
- de-valuing ,
- loses strength ,
- losing strength ,
- lost strength ,
- made useless ,
- makes useless ,
- making useless ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces .
- blew sky high ,
- blew sky-high ,
- blew skyhigh ,
- blow skyhigh ,
- blowing sky high ,
- blowing sky-high ,
- blowing skyhigh ,
- blows sky high ,
- blows sky-high ,
- blows skyhigh ,
- circumducted ,
- circumducting ,
- circumducts ,
- counter act ,
- counter acted ,
- counter acting ,
- counter acts ,
- counter balance ,
- counter balanced ,
- counter balances ,
- counter balancing ,
- counter-act ,
- counter-acted ,
- counter-acting ,
- counter-acts ,
- counter-balanced ,
- counter-balancing ,
- dis annul ,
- dis annulled ,
- dis annulling ,
- dis annuls ,
- dis credit ,
- dis credited ,
- dis crediting ,
- dis credits ,
- dis-annul ,
- dis-annulled ,
- dis-annulling ,
- dis-annuls ,
- dis-credit ,
- dis-credited ,
- dis-crediting ,
- dis-credits ,
- disannulled ,
- disannulling ,
- disannuls ,
- in validate ,
- in validated ,
- in validates ,
- in validating ,
- in-validate ,
- in-validated ,
- in-validates ,
- in-validating ,
- over rule ,
- over ruled ,
- over rules ,
- over ruling ,
- over throw ,
- over throwing ,
- over thrown ,
- over throws ,
- over-rule ,
- over-ruled ,
- over-rules ,
- over-ruling ,
- over-throw ,
- over-throwing ,
- over-thrown ,
- over-throws ,
- shoot full holes ,
- shooting full holes ,
- shooting full of holes ,
- shoots full holes ,
- shoots full of holes ,
- shot full holes ,
- shot full of holes ,
- un did ,
- un does ,
- un doing ,
- un done ,
- un-did ,
- un-does ,
- un-doing ,
- x outed ,
- x outing ,
- x outs ,
- x-outed ,
- x-outing ,
- x-outs ,
- xout ,
- xouted ,
- xouting ,
- xouts .
Other synonyms:
- Sickened ,
- Unapt ,
- ailing ,
- bedridden ,
- blah ,
- diseased ,
- disordered ,
- drained ,
- feeble ,
- frail ,
- groggy ,
- homebound ,
- housebound ,
- indisposed ,
- leaden ,
- lightheaded ,
- senile ,
- shaky ,
- shivery ,
- smitten ,
- stricken ,
- undernourished ,
- unsteady ,
- unwell ,
- woozy ,
- worse ,
- wretched .
- delirious ,
- disgusted ,
- fevered ,
- feverish ,
- fragile ,
- giddy ,
- ill-suited ,
- incapable ,
- languid ,
- shocked ,
- sickly ,
- unable ,
- unequal ,
- unfavorable ,
- wobbly .
- contagious ,
- dizzy ,
- failing ,
- inadequate ,
- rough .
- critical ,
- grim ,
- ill ,
- incongruous ,
- sick .
- dead .
- down .
Other relevant words:
- Circumduct ,
- Disannul ,
- Disentitle ,
- Disfranchising ,
- Negatived ,
- Negativing ,
- actioned ,
- actioning ,
- blow sky high ,
- blow sky-high ,
- counter-balance ,
- counter-balances ,
- disable ,
- disentitled ,
- disentitling ,
- disfranchise ,
- disfranchised ,
- disqualify ,
- except ,
- impair ,
- invalidate ,
- lose strength ,
- make useless ,
- nixing ,
- not make the cut ,
- prohibit ,
- queered ,
- queering ,
- queers ,
- shoot full of holes .
- Pinioning ,
- Unstrengthened ,
- disenable ,
- hogtie ,
- immobilize ,
- pinion ,
- pinioned ,
- pinions ,
- put out of action ,
- render incapable ,
- shoot down ,
- shot down ,
- take out ,
- takes out ,
- taking out ,
- throw monkey wrench in ,
- took out ,
- unbrace ,
- unbraced ,
- unfits ,
- unstrengthen .
- ripe .
- correct ,
- ill-advised ,
- inapplicable ,
- incorrect ,
- inutile ,
- mistaken ,
- unlikely ,
- unpromising ,
- useless ,
- valueless ,
- wrong .
- Discommodious ,
- Out of keeping ,
- Unhandsome ,
- all thumbs ,
- awkward ,
- busher ,
- can't cut it ,
- can't hack it ,
- can't make the grade ,
- disenfranchised ,
- dysfunctional ,
- faulty ,
- flabby ,
- having two left feet ,
- having two left hands ,
- humble ,
- ill timed ,
- ill-adapted ,
- ill-equipped ,
- ill-fitted ,
- ill-matched ,
- imprecise ,
- improper ,
- inadept ,
- inadmissible ,
- inappropriate ,
- inapt ,
- ineligible ,
- inept ,
- inproficient ,
- klutzy ,
- maladaptive ,
- maladjusted ,
- malfunctioning ,
- mismatched ,
- no good ,
- not able ,
- not adapted ,
- not cut out for ,
- not equal to ,
- not have it ,
- not up to ,
- out of character ,
- out of gas ,
- out of its element ,
- out of place ,
- powerless ,
- shooting blanks ,
- sidelined ,
- unadapted ,
- unadvantageous ,
- unallowable ,
- unbecoming ,
- uncool ,
- undexterous ,
- unequipped ,
- unfacile ,
- unfitted ,
- unfitting ,
- unproficient ,
- unretentive ,
- unworkmanlike ,
- unworthy .
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How to use "Unfit" in context?
Unfit refers to people or things that are not up to a particular standard. It can be used to describe anything from a person's appearance to an object that is not suitable for a particular use. In terms of people, unfit can refer to someone who is not physically fit enough to do the job they're applied for, or who is not emotionally fit to be in a relationship. In terms of objects, an unfit object can be one that is not strong enough to support its own weight, or one that is not safe to use.
Paraphrases for Unfit:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
improper, inappropriate, unsuitable.
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Proper noun, singular
unsuitable.
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Noun, singular or mass
unsuitable.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
disgraceful, incapable, incorrect, ineffective, invalid, irrelevant, substandard, unable, unacceptable, undesirable, undignified, unsafe, unsatisfactory.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
inadequate, incapacitated, incompetent, ineligible, inept, suitable, unsuited, unworthy, ill-suited.
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Noun, singular or mass
unworthy.
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Adjective
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