Unfitness

Definition: Unfitness

Unfitness

Noun

1. Poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition.

2. Lacking the power to perform.

3. The condition of not being suitable; "the judges agreed on his unfitness for the appointment".

Date "unfitness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1690. (references)

Synonyms: Unfitness

Synonyms: bad condition (n), inability (n), poor shape (n). (additional references)

Antonyms: ability (n), fitness (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Disagreement	Unfitness; Adjective: inaptitude, impropriety; inapplicability; Adjective: inconsistency, inconcinnity; irrelevancy; (irrelation).
Inexpedience	Noun: inexpedience, inexpediency; undesirableness, undesirability; Adjective:; discommodity, impropriety; unfitness; (disagreement); inutility; disadvantage.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Unfitness

English words defined with "unfitness": disability, disablement, disqualification ♦ handicap ♦ impairment, Inhability ♦ Section Eight. (references)

"Unfitness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.83% of the time. "Unfitness" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	95.83%	23	72,767
Noun (common)	4.17%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	24	N/A

Expression using "unfitness": unfitness for work. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "unfitness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		papërshtatshmëri (impropriety, inadequacy, inaptitude, infelicity, unsuitableness). (various references)

Danish		utjenstdygtighed (unfitness for service), uegnethed til avl (unfitness for breeding), uarbejdsdygtighed (incapacity for work, unfitness for work), tjenesteuegnethed (unfitness for service), nægtelse af ansættelse på grund af fysisk uegnethed (refusal of employment on account of physical unfitness), lægelig udtalelse om fysisk uegnethed (medical finding of unfitness), erhvervsinvaliditet (incapacity for work, unfitness for work), avlsuduelighed (unfitness for breeding), ansættelse afslået på grund af fysisk uegnethed (refusal of engagement on grounds of physical unfitness). (various references)

Dutch		weigering tot aanstelling wegens lichamelijke ongeschiktheid (refusal of employment on account of physical unfitness, refusal of engagement on grounds of physical unfitness), ongeschiktheid voor voortplanting (unfitness for breeding), ongeschikte fokwaarde (unfitness for breeding), medisch ongeschikt verklaren (medical finding of unfitness), medisch advies van ongeschiktheid (medical finding of unfitness), arbeidsongeschiktheid (disability, inability to practice one's profession, incapacity for work, unfitness for work). (various references)

Finnish		sopimattomuus (impropriety, inconvenience, indecency, unsuitability), kelvottomuus (worthlessness), kelpaamattomuus (uselessness). (various references)

French		inaptitude. (various references)

German		untauglichkeit (improperness, inaptitude, incabability, incapaciation, incompetence, ineffectiveness, ineligibility, unsuitability), unfähigkeit (disability, impotence, inability, inaptitude, incapability, incapacity, incapacity for work, incompetence, incontinence, ineffectiveness, inefficiency, unability), mangelnde fitness, mangelnde eignung. (various references)

Greek		ακαταλληλότησ, ακαταλληλότητα (inappropriateness, unsuitability), αναρμοδιότησ, αναρμοδιότητα (disqualification, incompetence). (various references)

Italian		inattitudine. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		不適� � (disqualification), 不適�" (impropriety, inadequacy, inappropriateness), 不適任 (incompetency), 不適 (impropriety, inadequacy, inappropriateness). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ふてきに�" (incompetency), ふてきかく (disqualification), ふてきとう (impropriety, inadequacy, inappropriateness), ふてっかく (disqualification), ふてき (bold, daring, fearless, impropriety, inadequacy, inappropriateness, intrepid, tough). (various references)

Korean		부� �격. (various references)

Manx		neulowalys, neufollanid (inedibility), neuchooieid (awkwardness, incompetency, incongruity, inconvenience), aslaynt (ailment, illness, indisposition, unhealthiness), anchooieys (indecency), aggairys (improbity, improperness). (various references)

Pig Latin		itnessunfay

Portuguese		recusa de contratação por inaptidão física (refusal of employment on account of physical unfitness, refusal of engagement on grounds of physical unfitness), parecer médico de inaptidão (medical finding of unfitness), incapacidade de trabalho (incapacity for work, unfitness for work), inaptidão para o trabalho (incapacity for work, unfitness for work), inaptidão para a reprodução (unfitness for breeding), declaração de insalubridade (notice of unfitness). (various references)

Russian		непригодность (disqualification, disutility, impracticability, inapplicability, inaptitude). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nesposobnost (disability, inability, incapability, incapacity, incompetence, ineffectiveness), neprilagođenost (unconformity), nepodesnost (inadequacy, ineptitude, inexpediency, unsuitability). (various references)

Spanish		mala salud (sickliness), incompetencia (incompetence, ineptitude, ineptness), incapacidad (disability, inability, inaptitude, incapability, incapacity, inefficacy), inadecuación, falta de aptitud. (various references)

Swedish		avelsoduglighet (unfitness for breeding). (various references)

Ukrainian		нездатність (imbecility, inability, incapability, incapacity, inefficiency, non-ability), непридатність (badness, disqualification, insufficience, insufficiency), недоречність (impertinence, impropriety, inaptitude, incongruity, ineptitude, irrelevance). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự không thích hợp (impropriety, inappropriateness, inaptitude, inaptness, incongruence, inexpedience, inexpediency, infelicity). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "unfitness": unfitnesses. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-f-i-n-n-s-s-t-u"
	-1 letter: funniest, sunniest.
	-2 letters: fitness, funnest, funnies, infests, infuses, sennits, tunnies.
	-3 letters: ennuis, feints, feists, finest, funest, infest, infuse, insets, sennit, steins, suints, suites, sunset, tennis, tenuis, tissue, unfits, unites, unsent, unsets, unties.
	-4 letters: ennui, etuis, feint, feist, fetus, fines, fists, fuses, inset, issue, neifs, neist, nests, nines, nisus, nites, seifs, senti, sifts, sines, sinus.
	Words containing the letters "e-f-i-n-n-s-s-t-u"
	+2 letters: unfitnesses.
	+3 letters: functionless, interfusions.
	+4 letters: bountifulness, plentifulness, undutifulness.
	+5 letters: disfurnishment, foundationless, infectiousness, understaffings, unfaithfulness, unfruitfulness.
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