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unfitness

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inappropriateness
noun. impropriety
  • barbarism
  • blunder
  • faux pas
  • gaffe
  • gaucherie
  • goof
  • immodesty
  • improperness
  • impudence
  • incongruity
  • incorrectness
  • indecency
  • indecorum
  • inelegance
  • rudeness
  • slip
  • solecism
  • unbecomingness
  • unfitness
  • unseemliness
  • unsuitability
  • unsuitableness
  • vulgarism
  • vulgarity

incapability
noun. inability
  • disqualification
  • failure
  • frailty
  • impotence
  • inadequacy
  • inaptitude
  • incapacitation
  • incapacity
  • incompetence
  • incompetency
  • ineffectiveness
  • ineffectualness
  • inefficacy
  • inefficiency
  • ineptitude
  • ineptness
  • insufficiency
  • inutility
  • lack
  • necessity
  • powerlessness
  • shortcoming
  • unfitness
  • weakness

incommodiousness
noun. inconvenience
  • aggravation
  • annoyance
  • awkwardness
  • bothersomeness
  • cumbersomeness
  • difficulty
  • disadvantage
  • discomfort
  • disruption
  • disturbance
  • drawback
  • exasperation
  • fuss
  • hindrance
  • incommodity
  • nuisance
  • pain
  • stew
  • trial
  • trouble
  • troublesomeness
  • uneasiness
  • unfitness
  • unhandiness
  • unsuitableness
  • untimeliness
  • unwieldiness
  • upset
  • vexation

incommodity
noun. inconvenience
  • aggravation
  • annoyance
  • awkwardness
  • bothersomeness
  • cumbersomeness
  • difficulty
  • disadvantage
  • discomfort
  • disruption
  • disturbance
  • drawback
  • exasperation
  • fuss
  • hindrance
  • incommodiousness
  • nuisance
  • pain
  • stew
  • trial
  • trouble
  • troublesomeness
  • uneasiness
  • unfitness
  • unhandiness
  • unsuitableness
  • untimeliness
  • unwieldiness
  • upset
  • vexation

incompetency
noun. inability
  • disqualification
  • failure
  • frailty
  • impotence
  • inadequacy
  • inaptitude
  • incapability
  • incapacitation
  • incapacity
  • incompetence
  • ineffectiveness
  • ineffectualness
  • inefficacy
  • inefficiency
  • ineptitude
  • ineptness
  • insufficiency
  • inutility
  • lack
  • necessity
  • powerlessness
  • shortcoming
  • unfitness
  • weakness

powerlessness
noun. inability
  • disqualification
  • failure
  • frailty
  • impotence
  • inadequacy
  • inaptitude
  • incapability
  • incapacitation
  • incapacity
  • incompetence
  • incompetency
  • ineffectiveness
  • ineffectualness
  • inefficacy
  • inefficiency
  • ineptitude
  • ineptness
  • insufficiency
  • inutility
  • lack
  • necessity
  • shortcoming
  • unfitness
  • weakness

unbecomingness
noun. impropriety
  • barbarism
  • blunder
  • faux pas
  • gaffe
  • gaucherie
  • goof
  • immodesty
  • improperness
  • impudence
  • inappropriateness
  • incongruity
  • incorrectness
  • indecency
  • indecorum
  • inelegance
  • rudeness
  • slip
  • solecism
  • unfitness
  • unseemliness
  • unsuitability
  • unsuitableness
  • vulgarism
  • vulgarity

unseemliness
noun. impropriety
  • barbarism
  • blunder
  • faux pas
  • gaffe
  • gaucherie
  • goof
  • immodesty
  • improperness
  • impudence
  • inappropriateness
  • incongruity
  • incorrectness
  • indecency
  • indecorum
  • inelegance
  • rudeness
  • slip
  • solecism
  • unbecomingness
  • unfitness
  • unsuitability
  • unsuitableness
  • vulgarism
  • vulgarity

unsuitability
noun. impropriety
  • barbarism
  • blunder
  • faux pas
  • gaffe
  • gaucherie
  • goof
  • immodesty
  • improperness
  • impudence
  • inappropriateness
  • incongruity
  • incorrectness
  • indecency
  • indecorum
  • inelegance
  • rudeness
  • slip
  • solecism
  • unbecomingness
  • unfitness
  • unseemliness
  • unsuitableness
  • vulgarism
  • vulgarity
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Word Origin & History

unfit 1545, "not suitable" (in ref. to things), from un- (1) "not" + pp. of fit (see fit (adj.)). In ref. to persons or human qualities, attested from 1551. The verb meaning "to render unfit" is recorded from 1611.

Example Sentences for unfitness

And a second and a third month may only deepen the sense of ignorance and unfitness.

The unfitness would be increased by the short period during which they held office.

Candidates must only be proposed for their fitness, and opposed on the ground of unfitness.

Besides, their fitness or unfitness has nothing to do with it.

It's a sign of my unfitness for it that I'm able to abandon it.

Then a great burden of unfitness and helplessness came upon him.

He soon showed his unfitness for the duties of quiet government.

Unfitness to pursue our research in the unfathomable waters.

Pitt well knew his unfitness, and deplored the consequences.

Is this no evidence of the unfitness of the African for civilization?

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