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# unfit

«unfit» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not healthy or strong in the body, usually because of too…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (unfit, more unfit, unfittest — rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Not healthy or strong in the body, usually because of too little exercise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfit/#m1)

2) Not good enough or not suitable for something: unfit to eat, unfit for use. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfit/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In PE and health: getting unfit from too little exercise. In safety and science: water unfit to drink, a building unfit to live in. In formal language: «unfit for purpose» means it does not do its job.

### examples

- I felt unfit after the summer holidays and got out of breath fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfit/#x1)
- The water in the pond is unfit to drink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfit/#x2)
- The old bridge was declared unfit for use. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfit/#x3)
- The player was unfit to play because of an injury. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfit/#x4)
- Food left in a hot car may be unfit to eat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfit/#x5)
- The council said the flats were unfit for families. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfit/#x6)
- Am I unfit to be emperor? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfit/#x7)

### note

Takes «an». Often «unfit to + verb» or «unfit for + noun». Two different senses: body fitness and suitability. Opposite: fit.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unfit» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfit/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.