Synonyms for unfit
- adjective
- verb
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Unsuitable — not fit; not having the correct requirements
unsuitable, inappropriate, unsuited, inept, improper, incompetent, bad, incapable, wrong, inapt, unqualified, unseemly, unbecoming, inapplicable, inconvenient, inopportune, out-of-order, incongruous, inapposite, inexpedient, unadapted, unmeet
Verb
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not fit; not having the correct requirements.
Jack cannot run, making him unfit for the track team.
- v. 1
To make unfit; to render unsuitable, spoil, disqualify.
Related words
- Word family
- unfitness
Forms
- Past participle
- unfitted
e.g. unfitted → disqualified, incapacitated, disabled, indisposed…
Example sentences
- inappropriate I think that what you're wearing is inappropriate.
- unsuitable There is no bad weather, only unsuitable clothing.
- inept They are a bunch of inept and aggressive cretins..
- unsuited I'm utterly unsuited to express my feelings.
- unsound Your position is unprovable and unsound.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unfit | falling | |
| inappropriate | rising | |
| unsuitable | falling | |
| inept | steady | |
| unsuited | falling | |
| unsound | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1
- 4 letters
- lame1
- 5 letters
- wrong1, inept2, inapt
- 6 letters
- unmeet
- 7 letters
- disable3, unsound2
- 8 letters
- improper3, unseemly3, unsuited3
- 9 letters
- incapable4, unadapted, indispose
- 10 letters
- unsuitable4, disqualify4, unbecoming4, inapposite
- 11 letters
- incompetent4, unqualified4, incongruous4, inopportune4, inexpedient
- 12 letters
- inconvenient4, incapacitate5, inapplicable5
- 13 letters
- inappropriate5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (inept2 = 2 syllables).