unfitness

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unfitness (countable and uncountable, plural unfitnesses)

The characteristic of being unfit or ill-suited.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (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.
The characteristic of being unfit or out of physical shape.

characteristic of being unfit