noun
1. lacking the power to perform
• Syn: ↑inability
• Derivationally related forms: ↑unfit
• Hypernyms: ↑quality
• Hyponyms:
↑unadaptability, ↑insensitivity, ↑insensitiveness, ↑incompetence, ↑incompetency, ↑incapability, ↑incapableness, ↑insufficiency
2. poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)
• Syn: ↑softness
• Ant: ↑fitness
• Hypernyms: ↑ill health, ↑unhealthiness, ↑health problem
• Hyponyms:
↑infirmity, ↑frailty, ↑debility, ↑feebleness, ↑frailness, ↑valetudinarianism, ↑disability, ↑disablement, ↑handicap, ↑impairment
3. the quality of not being suitable
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the judges agreed on his unfitness for the appointment
• Ant: ↑fitness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑unfit
• Hypernyms: ↑unsuitability, ↑unsuitableness, ↑ineptness
• Hyponyms: ↑disqualification
Useful english dictionary. 2012.