different between unfit vs inconsistent
unfit
English
Etymology
From un- +? fit.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?n?f?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Adjective
unfit (comparative unfitter or more unfit, superlative unfittest or most unfit)
- Not fit; not having the correct requirements.
- Synonym: unsuitable
- Antonyms: fit, suitable
- Not fit, not having a good physical demeanor.
- Synonym: out of shape
- Antonyms: fit, in shape
Derived terms
- unfitly
- unfitness
Translations
Verb
unfit (third-person singular simple present unfits, present participle unfitting, simple past and past participle unfitted)
- To make unfit; to render unsuitable, spoil, disqualify.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
- He [...] added that he was fearful Christianity, or rather Christians, had unfitted him for ascending the pure and undefiled throne of thirty pagan Kings before him.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.30:
- These preoccupations unfitted the soldiers for the defence of the frontier, and permitted vigorous incursions of Germans form the north and Persians from the east.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
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inconsistent
English
Etymology
in- +? consistent
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nk?n?s?st?nt/
Adjective
inconsistent (comparative more inconsistent, superlative most inconsistent)
- Not consistent:
- Antonym: consistent
- Not compatible (with another thing); incompatible, discrepant, at odds.
- His account of the evening was inconsistent with the security-camera footage.
- Lacking internal consistency; self-contradicting; not compatible with itself.
- He gave an inconsistent account of the evening, saying he called her before eight, but later that he had not talked to her until after nine.
- 1862, The Christian Reformer (ed. Robert Aspland):
- He was one of those men of inconsistent politics, governed at once by prejudice and sympathies, whose 'attitude' it is impossible to foretell.
- Not consistent or coherent in thought or behavior.
- 1848, The Columbian Magazine, volume 9, page 88:
- “Take him for better or worse,” added Mr. Lee, “and I think he is the strangest and most inconsistent man I ever saw.”
- “Inconsistent!” resumed Mr. Jones. “He is worse than inconsistent. Inconsistencies may be pardoned as constitutional defects [...]”
- 1848, The Columbian Magazine, volume 9, page 88:
- (logic) Having the property that a contradiction can be derived.
Derived terms
- inconsistently
Related terms
- inconsistency
Translations
Anagrams
- nonscientist
Catalan
Etymology
in- +? consistent
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /i?.kon.sis?tent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /i?.kun.sis?ten/
Adjective
inconsistent (masculine and feminine plural inconsistents)
- inconsistent
- Antonym: consistent
Related terms
- inconsistència
Further reading
- “inconsistent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “inconsistent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “inconsistent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “inconsistent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Romanian
Etymology
From French inconsistant
Adjective
inconsistent m or n (feminine singular inconsistent?, masculine plural inconsisten?i, feminine and neuter plural inconsistente)
- inconsistent
Declension
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