unfitness
unfitness noun: the characteristic of being unfit or ill-suited.
Noun
unfitness (countable and uncountable, plural unfitnesses)
- The characteristic of being unfit or ill-suited.
- Among other particulars which constituted the unfitness of things in Mr Square's opinion, danger and difficulty were two.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
- This train of thought led the Company's Safety Directorate towards the revised standard […] of October 1993, which cemented a national scheme of testing for alcohol and drugs following safety-critical incidents or on suspicion of unfitness for duty, unannounced drugs screening for staff in...2023 September 6, Greg Morse, “One more for the road?”, in RAIL, number 991, page 49
- The characteristic of being unfit or out of physical shape.
unfitness meaning in Tamil and Kannada
unfitness in Tamil
- சக்கட்டை, அயுத்தம், தகுதிக்கேடு, இரட்டி, போதாமை, அபக்குவம்
unfitness in Kannada
- ಅಯೋಗ್ಯತೆ
Forms of unfitness
| plural | unfitnesses |
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Origin of unfitness
From unfit + -ness.
Questions about unfitness
- What does unfitness mean?
- Unfitness means the characteristic of being unfit or ill-suited.
- What is unfitness in Tamil?
- Unfitness in Tamil is சக்கட்டை, அயுத்தம், தகுதிக்கேடு. See Unfitness meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is unfitness?
- Unfitness is a noun.
- What is the plural of unfitness?
- The plural of unfitness is unfitnesses.
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