as in unfit
lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job
a restless free spirit, he was temperamentally unfitted for a desk job
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Recent Examples of unfitted
The venerable American clan at the center of the narrator’s reminiscences are wholly unfitted to the modern world and no longer endowed with the fortune that one of them brought home long ago on clipper ships.
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Daniel Akst, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
Daniel Akst, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfitted
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But that also would mean keeping the grossly unfit Patel from being confirmed.Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
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In April, the indictment says, Feldstein failed a Shin Bet security-clearance check and was found unfit to handle highly classified material.Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 25 Nov. 2024
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Skakel lobbied for a retrial on various grounds over the years but was denied until 2013, when a Connecticut judge upheld his assertion that his previous defense had been incompetent.Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 27 Dec. 2024
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These are usually people with severe mental illnesses, substance abuse disorders or developmental disabilities who have been deemed incompetent to stand trial.Eva Wen, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
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Its own military is incapable of doing so—Iran specializes in irregular warfare and its conventional forces are weak and largely ineffective.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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In future cases, guardians will have to prove that a person is incapable of voting — not the other way around.Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Unfitted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfitted. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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