unfitted

English

Etymology 1

From un- +‎ fitted.

Adjective

unfitted (comparative more unfitted, superlative most unfitted)

1. Not suited, not fit (for something).
   • 1776, Thomas Paine, “On the Origin and Design of Government in General”, in Common Sense‎^[1]:

     […] let us suppose a small number of persons settled in some sequestered part of the earth, unconnected with the rest […] . In this state of natural liberty, society will be their first thought. A thousand motives will excite them thereto, the strength of one man is so unequal to his wants, and his mind so unfitted for perpetual solitude, that he is soon obliged to seek assistance and relief of another, who in his turn requires the same.

   • 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter IV, in Mansfield Park: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, pages 82–83:

     You have both warm hearts and benevolent feelings; and, Fanny, who that heard him read, and saw you listen to Shakespeare the other night, will think you unfitted as companions?

   • 1946 February 4, “Protestant Babies”, in Time:

     Society should study reasonable and just ways of discouraging parenthood on the part of those who are seriously unfitted to cope with its responsibilities.

   • 2016 August 26, Stephen Glover, The Daily Mail‎^[2], London:

     His lack of editorial knowledge makes him doubly unfitted for the role for which he is reportedly being groomed.

2. (of a garment, not comparable) Not customized, tailored or cut to fit.
   • 1961 February 26, “Nothing, Something, Everything”, in Time:

     As popularized by Jackie Kennedy, the little nothing, its partisans explain, also aims for the look of unostentatious but expensive elegance that goes beyond mere chic. Most little nothings today are essentially grown-up versions of sleeveless, high-necklined junior dresses, unfitted, but figure-suggesting.

   • 2015 May 17, Alexander Fury, “Man from Japan: How to dress like a Tokyo Joe”, in The Independent, London:

     In the Eighties, the unfitted suits, flat-cut in the style of traditional kimonos and proposed by Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons, formed the baggy blueprint for a decade of men’s designs, and the outfit of choice for a generation of creative directors and male fashion editors.

3. (rail transport, dated, not comparable) Of trains, or wagons in the train, not having a through brake pipe, or brakes on the wagons that can be operated from the locomotive (the wagons did have handbrakes however).

   Antonym: fully-fitted

   • 1963 January, Jeffrey P. Burke, “Railway crossroads of the north-west: Shrewsbury”, in Modern Railways, page 55:

     Basically, heavy unfitted trains are hauled by ex-G.W.R, ex-L.M.R. or ex W.D. 2-8-0s and fast freights by "Halls" and "Granges", [...].

Etymology 2

Verb

unfitted

1. simple past and past participle of unfit.