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unfit

/ʌnˈfɪt/ adjective B1
  1. Not fit; not having the correct requirements. · Jack cannot run, making him unfit for the track team.
  2. Not fit, not having a good physical demeanor. · I've become so unfit after stopping cycling to town.
  3. Unsuitable for a particular purpose.

Comparative unfitter · Superlative unfittest

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THE RIVERS joined together to complain to the Sea, saying, “Why is it that when we flow into your tides so potable and sweet, you work in us such a change, and make us salty and unfit to drink?” The Sea, perceiving that they intended to throw the blame on him, said, “Pray cease to flow into me, and then you will not be made briny.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 39 · B2
After wandering along the lane for two hours, giving way to every variety of thought, reconsidering events, determining probabilities, and reconciling herself, as well as she could, to a change so sudden and so important, fatigue, and a recollection of her long absence, made her at length return home; and she entered the house with the wish of appearing cheerful as usual, and the resolution of repressing such reflections as must make her unfit for conversation.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 243 · B2

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