unfitted
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 8
Definition of unfitted
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Not suited, not fit (for something).
“[…] 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.”
“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?”
“Society should study reasonable and just ways of discouraging parenthood on the part of those who are seriously unfitted to cope with its responsibilities.”
“His lack of editorial knowledge makes him doubly unfitted for the role for which he is reportedly being groomed.”
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adj
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Not suited, not fit (for something).
“[…] 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.”
“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?”
“Society should study reasonable and just ways of discouraging parenthood on the part of those who are seriously unfitted to cope with its responsibilities.”
“His lack of editorial knowledge makes him doubly unfitted for the role for which he is reportedly being groomed.”
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(not-comparable)Not customized, tailored or cut to fit.
“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.”
“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.”
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(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).
“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", [...].”
verb
- (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of unfit.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From un- + fitted.
Words you can make from unfitted
111 playable · top: FITTED (10 pts)
Best play fitted 10 points6-letter words
7 words5-letter words
16 words4-letter words
36 words- DEFI 8 pts
- DEFT 8 pts
- FEND 8 pts
- FEUD 8 pts
- FIND 8 pts
- FUND 8 pts
- ENUF 7 pts
- FINE 7 pts
- NEIF 7 pts
- TUFT 7 pts
- DENI 5 pts
- DENT 5 pts
- DIET 5 pts
- DINE 5 pts
- DINT 5 pts
- DITE 5 pts
- DUET 5 pts
- DUIT 5 pts
- DUNE 5 pts
- DUNT 5 pts
- EDIT 5 pts
- NIDE 5 pts
- NUDE 5 pts
- TEND 5 pts
- TIDE 5 pts
- TIED 5 pts
- UNDE 5 pts
- ETUI 4 pts
- NETT 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TENT 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
- TINT 4 pts
- TUNE 4 pts
- UNIT 4 pts
3-letter words
35 words- DEF 7 pts
- DIF 7 pts
- FED 7 pts
- FID 7 pts
- FUD 7 pts
- EFT 6 pts
- FEN 6 pts
- FET 6 pts
- FEU 6 pts
- FIE 6 pts
- FIN 6 pts
- FIT 6 pts
- FUN 6 pts
- DEN 4 pts
- DIE 4 pts
- DIN 4 pts
- DIT 4 pts
- DUE 4 pts
- DUI 4 pts
- DUN 4 pts
- END 4 pts
- TED 4 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- NUT 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TET 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
- TIT 3 pts
- TUI 3 pts
- TUN 3 pts
- TUT 3 pts
- UNI 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
2-letter words
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