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Webster 1913 Edition
Unfit
Un-fit′
,Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+ fit
.] To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to disable; to incapacitate; to disqualify;
as, sickness
unfits
a man for labor; sin unfits
us for the society of holy beings.Un-fit′
,Adj.
[Pref.
un-
+ fit
.] Not fit; unsuitable.
– Un-fit′ly
, adv.
Un-fit′ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Unfit
UNFIT'
,Adj.
1.
Not fit; improper; unsuitable.2.
Unqualified; as a man unfit for an office.UNFIT'
,Verb.
T.
1.
To disable; to make unsuitable; to deprive of the strength, skill or proper qualities for any thing. Sickness unfits a man for labor.2.
To disqualify; to deprive of the moral or mental qualities necessary for any thing. Sin unfits us for the society of holy beings.