unfitted

/ ʌnˈfɪtɪd /

adjective

1. unsuitable

   unused to and unfitted for any form of manual labour

Example Sentences

The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were finitude, infinitude, unfitted and unidentified.

From New York Times

She widely encounters forms of design that suggest “I don’t belong,” she writes, such as eyeglasses unfitted to the bridge of her nose and “medical adhesives not in my flesh color.”

From New York Times

“After studying Greek, Gothic and Sanskrit, we were obviously unfitted for anything,” Ms. Mantell said.

From Washington Post

“I grew wholly unfitted for business,” he wrote in a testimonial that Jones found.

From Washington Post

“Not all the time, too much confinement makes you nervous, and then you are unfitted for everything. Besides, you owe something to John as well as to the babies. Don’t neglect husband for children, don’t shut him out of the nursery, but teach him how to help in it. His place is there as well as yours, and the children need him. Let him feel that he has a part to do, and he will do it gladly and faithfully, and it will be better for you all.”

From Literature

Related Words

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