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UNFITNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of not being suitable
Example:
the judges agreed on his unfitness for the appointment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("unfitness" is a kind of...):
ineptness; unsuitability; unsuitableness (the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unfitness"):
disqualification (unfitness that bars you from participation)
Antonym:
fitness (the quality of being suitable)
Derivation:
unfit (below the required standards for a purpose)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking the power to perform
Synonyms:
inability; unfitness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("unfitness" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unfitness"):
unadaptability (the inability to change or be changed to fit changed circumstances)
insensitiveness; insensitivity (the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment)
incompetence; incompetency (lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications)
incapability; incapableness (the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally)
insufficiency ((pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally)
Derivation:
unfit (not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)
Synonyms:
softness; unfitness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("unfitness" is a kind of...):
health problem; ill health; unhealthiness (a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unfitness"):
debility; feebleness; frailness; frailty; infirmity; valetudinarianism (the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age))
disability; disablement; handicap; impairment (the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness)
Antonym:
fitness (good physical condition; being in shape or in condition)
Derivation:
unfit (not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition)
unfit (physically unsound or diseased)
