Synonyms for unfit

Synonyms for (verb) unfit

Synonyms: disqualify, unfit, indispose

Definition: make unfit or unsuitable

Usage: Your income disqualifies you

Similar words: alter, change, modify

Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue


Synonyms for (adj) unfit

Synonyms: unfit

Definition: not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition

Usage: fat and very unfit; certified as unfit for army service; drunk and unfit for service

Similar words: impaired, afflicted

Definition: mentally or physically unfit


Similar words: apractic, apraxic

Definition: having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder


Similar words: bandy, bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged

Definition: have legs that curve outward at the knees


Similar words: broken-backed

Definition: (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth


Similar words: gimpy, halt, halting, game, lame, crippled

Definition: disabled in the feet or legs

Usage: a crippled soldier; a game leg


Similar words: crookback, crookbacked, humpbacked, humped, hunchbacked, gibbous, kyphotic

Definition: characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column


Similar words: disabled, handicapped

Definition: incapable of functioning as a consequence of injury or illness


Similar words: gammy

Definition: (British informal) sore or lame

Usage: a gammy foot


Similar words: knock-kneed

Definition: having the knees abnormally close together and the ankles wide apart


Similar words: flabby, flaccid, soft

Definition: out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance

Usage: he was too soft for the army; flabby around the middle; flaccid cheeks


Similar words: spavined

Definition: (of horses) afflicted with a swelling of the hock-joint


Similar words: lordotic, swayback, swaybacked, dipped

Definition: having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses)


Similar words: maimed, mutilated

Definition: having a part of the body crippled or disabled


Synonyms: unfit

Definition: below the required standards for a purpose

Usage: an unfit parent; unfit for human consumption

Similar words: subhuman

Definition: unfit for human beings

Usage: subhuman conditions of life


Similar words: unsuitable

Definition: not meant or adapted for a particular purpose

Usage: a solvent unsuitable for use on wood surfaces


Synonyms: bad, unsound, unfit

Definition: physically unsound or diseased

Usage: has a bad back; a bad heart; bad teeth; an unsound limb; unsound teeth

Similar words: unhealthy

Definition: not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind

Usage: unhealthy ulcers


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