unfit
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++un·fit /ʌnˈfɪt/ adjective 1 FIT PERSON#not in a good physical condition 〔身体〕不健康的；健康状况不佳的 SYN out of shape She never gets any exercise – she must be really unfit. 她从不锻炼——身体一定很不好。2 GOOD ENOUGH#not good enough to do something or to be used for a particular purpose 不合适的，不适宜的；不胜任的unfit for Jenkins is unfit for public office. 詹金斯不适合担任公职。 The meat was declared unfit for human consumption (=not suitable to eat). 这种肉被宣布不宜食用。 The house was unfit for human habitation (=not good enough to live in). 这房子不宜住人。unfit to do something Hubbard was declared mentally unfit to stand trial. 哈伯德被宣布精神状态不宜接受审判。Examples from the Corpus
unfit• Other charges include driving while disqualified, driving while unfit due to drink, without insurance and without a licence.• I realised how unfit I was when I tried to run up the stairs.• For the unfit individual, three times per week should be the maximum number of exercise sessions.• The survey shows that the typical 16-year-old is unfit, lazy, and probably plays no sports at all.• an unfit mother• He described her as unfit to be called a Catholic and certainly unfit for motherhood.• The aim was to remove persons who were unfit to be ministers of religion either because of incompetence or scandalous behaviour.• Finally, there is a group of patients who are considered mentally unfit to make decisions concerning themselves.• Sometimes the Senate would decree that the son of a deceased emperor was unfit to succeed his father.• The doctor had told her that she was unfit to travel, but she came home anyway.• Please say briefly why you are unfit to work.mentally unfit• What if the patient is mentally unfit or is a terminally ill minor?• But more alarmingly, a planned fraud trial was scrapped because Burke was deemed mentally unfit to appear in the dock.• The judge ruled that he was mentally unfit to be tried.• Finally, there is a group of patients who are considered mentally unfit to make decisions concerning themselves.• Her 80-year-old husband, Harry, had been declared mentally unfit to stand trial.un·fit adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus in good a physical not condition
unfit
un‧fit /ʌnˈfɪt/
adjective
SYN out of shape:
She never gets any exercise – she must be really unfit.
2. not good enough to do something or to be used for a particular purpose
unfit for
Jenkins is unfit for public office.
The meat was declared unfit for human consumption (=not suitable to eat).
The house was unfit for human habitation (=not good enough to live in).
unfit to do something
Hubbard was declared mentally unfit to stand trial.
▪ unsuitable/not suitable not having the right qualities for a particular person, purpose, or situation: These toys are not suitable for children under 3. | The job was considered unsuitable for women. | Some dogs end up in totally unsuitable homes.
▪not appropriate/inappropriate not suitable for a particular situation or purpose – used especially about someone's behaviour or language: Slang is not appropriate in an academic essay. | Never reward inappropriate behaviour. | It would not be appropriate for us to comment at this stage.
▪wrong not the right thing or person for a particular job or purpose: You’re using the wrong spoon – this is the soup spoon. | She was simply the wrong person for the job.
▪out of place [not before noun] not looking or seeming suitable for that place or situation: The horse drawn carriage looks a little out of place among the busy traffic. | At first I felt a bit out of place.
▪incompatible two ideas or things that are incompatible cannot exist or be done together. Two people who are incompatible are unlikely to have a successful relationship, because they have very different characters, beliefs etc: He considered the role of wife and mother to be incompatible with a career. | Why do totally incompatible people get married?
▪incongruous formal seeming strange and unsuitable, often in a humorous way, because of being unexpected in a particular situation or very different from its surroundings: It seemed incongruous having a dance-band at the funeral. | He was dressed in a three-piece suit with an incongruous tie shaped like a fish.
▪inconvenient an inconvenient place or time is not suitable and causes problems for you: He always seems to call at inconvenient times. | The new station is inconvenient to pedestrians, because it is a long walk from the centre of town.
▪unfit not suitable to be used for something, or not suitable to do something : The boat is not only unfit to live in but is actually unsafe. | The meat was declared unfit for human consumption (=not suitable to eat). | He claims she is an unfit mother. | A jury decided Pryse-Jones was unfit to stand trial at court because of his mental illness. | The house was unfit for human habitation (=not suitable to live in).
un‧fit /ʌnˈfɪt/
adjective Word Family: noun: fit, fitting, fitness, fitter, misfit; adjective: fitted, fitting, fit ≠ unfit; verb: fit; adverb: fittingly
1. not in a good physical condition SYN out of shape:
2. not good enough to do something or to be used for a particular purpose
unfit for
unfit to do something
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