UNFITNESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does unfitness mean?
• UNFITNESS (noun)
The noun UNFITNESS has 3 senses:
1. poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)
2. lacking the power to perform
3. the condition of not being suitable
Familiarity information: UNFITNESS used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• UNFITNESS (noun)
Meaning:
Poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
bad condition; poor shape; unfitness; softness
Hypernyms ("unfitness" is a kind of...):
health problem; ill health; unhealthiness (a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unfitness"):
debility; feebleness; frailness; frailty; infirmity; valetudinarianism (the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age))
disability; disablement; handicap; impairment (the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness)
Antonym:
fitness (good physical condition; being in shape or in condition)
Meaning:
Lacking the power to perform
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
inability; unfitness
Hypernyms ("unfitness" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unfitness"):
unadaptability (the inability to change or be changed to fit changed circumstances)
insensitiveness; insensitivity (the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment)
incompetence; incompetency (lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications)
incapability; incapableness (the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally)
insufficiency ((pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally)
Meaning:
The condition of not being suitable
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
the judges agreed on his unfitness for the appointment
Hypernyms ("unfitness" is a kind of...):
ineptness; unsuitability; unsuitableness (the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unfitness"):
disqualification (unfitness that bars you from participation)
Antonym:
fitness (the condition of being suitable)
