单词 | unfit |
释义 | unfitadj.adv. 1. a. Of things: Not fit, proper, or suitable for some purpose or end. †Also const. to (a person).In quot. 1709 apparently ‘badly fitting’. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective] unkinOE un-i-feieOE unbecomelyc1200 amissc1325 wrongousa1350 uncovenablec1374 unsitting1390 undue1398 ungainanda1400 unquemea1400 inconvenientc1400 unlikelyc1405 disconvenienta1425 impertinenta1425 discovenablec1436 unmeetc1440 wrongc1440 unjustc1443 unbehovablec1450 inconvenientc1460 uncordial1488 unmeetly1534 unapt1539 unfit1548 incommodious1553 ungreeing1560 impertinent1565 stravagant1565 unproper1566 improper1570 unhovable1570 unapt1579 unbeseeming1583 unsuitablea1586 unappliable1588 unapt1588 unlikely1590 unfittinga1592 unfitted1592 unsuiting1596 unbefitting1598 unsorted1598 unsuited1598 contrary1600 impair1609 unfitty1613 incompetible1621 incongruous1623 infita1626 uncompetiblea1628 inaccommodatea1657 inapplicable1656 inconcinnate1657 inconcinnous1662 inept1675 unaccommodatea1676 incommode1678 indecorous1681 untoward1682 unapplicable1690 insuitable1692 unsuit1704 malapropos1709 inapt1744 out of place1748 uncongenial1788 unfit-like1796 ungain-like1796 inappropriate1804 unadapted1805 dissuitable1807 dissuited1819 ineligible1828 infelicitous1835 unapropos1840 butt-ended1850 malappropriate1851 ungenial1871 misappropriate1878 unbecoming1893 unappropriate1898 unadjusted1899 offside1910 off-key1943 improbable1958 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John i. f. 11v For there is no tyme nor place vnfit or vnconuenient for to learne those thynges whiche pertayne to euerlastynge welth. 1584 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1908) 5 82 The Earle..gave the poore man many..opprobrious wordes, unfytte and unseemely for a man of that howse and blod. a1658 R. Lovelace Poems (1904) 191 He that dares this, nothing to him's unfit. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 128 Lord of few Acres, and those barren too; Unfit for Sheep or Vines, and more unfit to sow. View more context for this quotation 1709 London Gaz. No. 4551/4 He wears..a brown Drugget Coat and Wastecoat..very unfit for him. 1785 W. Cowper Let. 19 Mar. (1981) II. 333 The side board table..was equally unfit for my purpose. 1812 G. Crabbe Tales xiii. 238 Those duties were to her unfit, Nor would her spirit to her tasks submit. 1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. v. 150 Mortars of wood, marble, or iron, are unfit for ordinary laboratory service. 1884 H. Thompson Tumours of Bladder 71 In cases considered temporarily unfit for operation through exhaustion, etc. b. Without prepositional const. ΚΠ 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 8 An vnfit and staffysh bow. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxix. sig. Gg6v Because of the vnfit election she had made. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies vi. xiv. 460 Although these buildings were great, yet were they commonly ill appoynted and vnfit. 1661 G. Rust Let. conc. Origen 78 If old age it self can make the Soul quit her unfit tenement. 1691 in Further Evid. Nairne Peerage (1874) 133 in Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. D) XII. 199 Rendered the same unfit and in human probability impossible. 1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 203 The anxious fidelity with which they discharged their unfit office. c. Const. with infinitive (active or passive). ΚΠ a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xiii. sig. I6 A place for pleasantnes, not vnfitte to flatter solitarinesse. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Imbuvable, vndrinkable; vnfit to be drunke of. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxix. 173 There be other [diseases], not so great; which neverthelesse are not unfit to be observed. 1697 [see sense 1a]. 1710 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. c22 Aug. (1965) I. 56 There are a thousand things not ill in themselves which custom makes unfit to be done. 1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight viii. 117 The flame..is never steady, and is unfit to read by. 2. a. Of persons (or other agents): Not fitted, suited, or adapted for some end or action. Also in combinations (in unfit-like) and absol. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective] unkinOE un-i-feieOE unbecomelyc1200 amissc1325 wrongousa1350 uncovenablec1374 unsitting1390 undue1398 ungainanda1400 unquemea1400 inconvenientc1400 unlikelyc1405 disconvenienta1425 impertinenta1425 discovenablec1436 unmeetc1440 wrongc1440 unjustc1443 unbehovablec1450 inconvenientc1460 uncordial1488 unmeetly1534 unapt1539 unfit1548 incommodious1553 ungreeing1560 impertinent1565 stravagant1565 unproper1566 improper1570 unhovable1570 unapt1579 unbeseeming1583 unsuitablea1586 unappliable1588 unapt1588 unlikely1590 unfittinga1592 unfitted1592 unsuiting1596 unbefitting1598 unsorted1598 unsuited1598 contrary1600 impair1609 unfitty1613 incompetible1621 incongruous1623 infita1626 uncompetiblea1628 inaccommodatea1657 inapplicable1656 inconcinnate1657 inconcinnous1662 inept1675 unaccommodatea1676 incommode1678 indecorous1681 untoward1682 unapplicable1690 insuitable1692 unsuit1704 malapropos1709 inapt1744 out of place1748 uncongenial1788 unfit-like1796 ungain-like1796 inappropriate1804 unadapted1805 dissuitable1807 dissuited1819 ineligible1828 infelicitous1835 unapropos1840 butt-ended1850 malappropriate1851 ungenial1871 misappropriate1878 unbecoming1893 unappropriate1898 unadjusted1899 offside1910 off-key1943 improbable1958 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Dj We see many dull wittes for lernyng, & muche vnfit that waie. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. x. sig. Rr.iij/2 To giue an vnfitt man orders,..is that kinde of sinne which wee doe call an Others sinne. 1796 J. Brown Compend. View Nat. & Revealed Relig. (ed. 2) ii. i. 105 In propagating the gospel by so unfit-like instruments. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) III. 128 A person unknown and unfit..may happen to have the same, under an estate of inheritance. 1882 Nonconformist & Independent 10 Oct. 986/1 The survival of the unfittest, instead of the fittest. b. Const. to (chiefly with infinitive) or for. ΚΠ (a) (b)1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. ii. 109 Glo. He was fitter for that place then earth. La. And thou vnfit for any place but hell. View more context for this quotation1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 73 in Justice Vindicated Being of all mortal men the most unfit for a Churchman.1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 99 Then release the Cow, Unfit for Love, and for the lab'ring Plough. View more context for this quotation1736 G. Berkeley Disc. Magistr. in Wks. (1871) III. 413 Monsters, utterly unfit for human society.1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 584 In order that one man might fill a post for which he was unfit.1880 W. H. Dixon Royal Windsor (ed. 3) IV. i. 2 He was a man unfit for such a trust.1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 118 It maketh him good for nothing,..slothfull, and vnfit to euery good thing. 1629 W. Prynne Church of Englands Old Antithesis 87 This makes them..open rebels against God, vnfit to take his word or name within their lips. 1645 J. Milton Colasterion 5 The unfittest man that could bee, to offer at a comment upon Job. 1747 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 201 I am the unfittest person in the world to give you any satisfaction on this head. 1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III xii. 9 But soon he knew himself the most unfit Of men to herd with Man. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. vii. 91 Men who are morally or intellectually unfit to be jurors. 3. Not physically fit.Usually const. for or with infinitive. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > unfit unfit1665 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > unable or unapt > physically unfit for something unfeirie1513 unfit1665 1665 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 251 I grow every day more unfit for such a Jorney. a1721 M. Prior Misc. Wks. (1740) II. 153 The furious heat forbids the reaper's toil. Both beast and men for work are now unfit. 1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 428 The Marquis was very unfit for a journey when he left Naples. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. i. 26 I am myself so disabled..as to be entirely unfit..to do any work. 4. As adv. Unfitly. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adverb] wrongc1175 unkindlyc1300 wrongly1303 unworthily1377 uncovenablya1382 improperly1390 inconveniently1509 ineptly1523 impertinently1546 unaptly1548 unfeatly1548 unhandsomely1548 unfitly1561 disagreeably1566 unmeet1577 unsuitably1624 malapropos1630 unfittingly1637 unfit1653 unworthy1661 inaptly1809 misappropriatelyc1831 infelicitouslya1834 ineligibly1846 inappropriately1847 inapplicably1864 unapropos1956 1653 J. Taylor Certain Trav. Uncertain Journey 8 Sometimes the wits and tongues do, most unfit, Travell, when tongues do run before the wit. 5. As n. A person whose mental or physical health falls below a desired standard. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > sick person > [noun] > physically or mentally disabled defectivea1591 slimslack1600 unfit1912 vegetable1953 1912 Q. Rev. Apr. 496 The statistics..showing the enormous number of ‘unfits’, made clear the havoc wrought by the modern city. 1925 Scribner's Mag. July 7/2 By cutting off the reproduction of these social unfits,..we can go so far. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). unfitv. transitive. To render unfit; to disqualify. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > render unable [verb (transitive)] > render unapt or unfit undisposec1380 inhabile1534 unapt1593 unfit1611 unqualify1631 indispose1657 disfit1669 inhabilitate1670 disqualify1723 unsuit1869 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Disadattare, to vnfit, to disorder. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. ii. x. sig. P6v I..esteem'd Sickness more formidable for its unfitting me to learn. 1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 80 Consider again, how much causless and intemperate Anger unfits us for all the parts of Divine Worship. 1779 Mirror No. 16 It may disqualify the mind for the more active..scenes of life, and unfit it for the enjoyments of ordinary society. 1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. iii. 35 To have erred in one branch of our duties does not unfit us for all the rest. 1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner vi. 57 Those whose birth and education unfit them for such pursuits. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1545v.1611 |
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