How to Use unfit in a Sentence

unfit

adjective
  • In the end, Jagna is deemed unfit and the cause for God’s wrath to visit the village in the form of a drought.
    Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2024
  • And what happens in the case of a president who [may be] unfit?
    Kk Ottesen, Washington Post, 21 June 2022
  • The Soyuz was deemed unfit to serve as a return vehicle.
    Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Scott had deemed the Irishman unfit and later called him an invalid.
    Sara Wheeler, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2022
  • So many damn unfit people saying hate speech is free speech.
    Steve Mollman, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2022
  • There are many reasons that a person could prove unfit for office.
    Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The Washington High School athletic field was bumpy and unfit for many sports.
    Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The suspect was mentally ill and homeless and has been deemed unfit to stand trial.
    New York Times, 22 May 2022
  • In 2019, a charge of possessing a crack pipe was dismissed after he was found unfit to stand trial.
    New York Times, 5 Feb. 2022
  • But if a special counsel must be inflicted, David Weiss is uniquely unfit for the job.
    William McGurn, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The suspect in the Santa Fe shooting, a 17-year-old student, was judged to be mentally ill and was found unfit to stand trial.
    Brian New, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Mothers considered unfit were forced to surrender their babies to foundling homes run by the church and financed by the state.
    Maria Laurino, The New Republic, 29 June 2023
  • In some cases, government deemed some parents unfit for the job and moved the kids to an institution.
    Clementine Fujimura, Fortune, 7 July 2023
  • The business changes, rendering unfit data that once was fit.
    Rex Ahlstrom, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Nearly all of the challengers are united in their belief that Gascón is grossly unfit for office.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
  • White's attorney had attempted to have the plea struck from the record, arguing that White was unfit to make the admission.
    Katie Campione, PEOPLE.com, 13 Jan. 2022
  • So teens don’t just seem unfit for babysitting; babysitting might also seem unfit for teens.
    Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The Mar-a-Lago search warrant showed that Trump has grown more rash, thoughtless, and heedless—and more unfit than ever for the Presidency.
    David Rohde, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Some tabloids suggested that an immigrant had been an unfit suitor for a princess.
    Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Ahkivgak this month was again found unfit to stand trial for stabbing Harris.
    Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 27 June 2022
  • Supporters of the project have argued that the current parliament is unfit for purpose.
    CNN, 13 July 2022
  • In their statement, Bonin and his husband said Martinez was unfit for public office.
    Hartford Courant, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The former president of the Spanish soccer federation, Luis Rubiales, has been ruled unfit to hold any job in the sport in Spain for at least three years.
    Chantz Martin, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The trial took place in Modi’s home state of Gujarat; the sentence—two years—is the exact length necessary to deem a member of Parliament unfit to serve.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The panel continues to make a compelling case that former president Donald Trump was and is unfit for the office.
    Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 23 June 2022
  • The space agency’s Apollo-era moon suits are unfit for use.
    Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2026
  • In August, Brady was found unfit to stand trial and ordered to treatment.
    Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Give this unfit president an off ramp.
    Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Congress has 21 days to debate and vote on whether the president is unfit or unable to resume his powers.
    Kirsten Matoy Carlson, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The president is unfit to serve, and lives are at stake.
    Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026

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