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unfitness

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Etymology

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From unfit +‎ -ness.

Noun

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unfitness (countable and uncountable, plural unfitnesses)

  1. The characteristic of being unfit or ill-suited.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, [], →OCLC:
      Among other particulars which constituted the unfitness of things in Mr Square's opinion, danger and difficulty were two.
    • 2023 September 6, Greg Morse, “One more for the road?”, in RAIL, number 991, page 49:
      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 safety-critical posts, a fixed standard for alcohol/blood levels, and clear guidelines for lunch breaks.
  2. The characteristic of being unfit or out of physical shape.

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