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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)

  1. Not fit; not having the correct requirements.
    Synonym: unsuitable
    Antonyms: fit, suitable
  2. 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)

  1. 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.

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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)

  1. Not consistent:
    Antonym: consistent
    1. Not compatible (with another thing); incompatible, discrepant, at odds.
      His account of the evening was inconsistent with the security-camera footage.
    2. 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.
    3. 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 [...]”
    4. (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)

  1. 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)

  1. inconsistent

Declension

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