unfitness

English

Etymology

unfit +‎ -ness

Noun

unfitness (countable and uncountable, plural unfitnesses)

The characteristic of being unfit or ill-suited.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, London: A[ndrew] Millar, OCLC 928184292:
  
  Among other particulars which constituted the unfitness of things in Mr Square's opinion, danger and difficulty were two.
The characteristic of being unfit or out of physical shape.

Translations

characteristic of being unfit

German: Untauglichkeit f

Greek: ακαταλληλότητα (el) f (akatallilótita)

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