How to Use unfit in a Sentence

unfit

adjective
  • The president is unfit to serve, and lives are at stake.
    — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Justin and Jamey are truly unfit.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026
  • As such, he was declared unfit for trial.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
  • And every year, a vast quantity is thrown away as unfit to eat.
    — Maurice H. Decker, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Give this unfit president an off ramp.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
  • And what happens in the case of a president who [may be] unfit?
    — Kk Ottesen, Washington Post, 21 June 2022
  • There are many reasons that a person could prove unfit for office.
    — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The space agency’s Apollo-era moon suits are unfit for use.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2026
  • This is a couple unfit to govern a two-bedroom.
    — Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Justin and Jamey [Heath] are truly unfit.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Jan. 2026
  • He was declared unfit for trial.
    — CBS News, 20 Feb. 2026
  • She was deemed unfit to stand trial on medical grounds.
    — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 27 June 2026
  • Scott had deemed the Irishman unfit and later called him an invalid.
    — Sara Wheeler, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2022
  • The types of words unfit for print, but perfect for a frustrated coaching fit.
    — Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • So teens don’t just seem unfit for babysitting; babysitting might also seem unfit for teens.
    — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Hoggle was found unfit to stand trial again in 2022.
    — Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
  • There are worse strategies, but perhaps the unfit 18-year-old can’t do it all himself.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 20 June 2026
  • There are worse strategies, but perhaps the unfit 18-year-old can’t do it all himself.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 17 June 2026
  • The suspect was mentally ill and homeless and has been deemed unfit to stand trial.
    — New York Times, 22 May 2022
  • The business changes, rendering unfit data that once was fit.
    — Rex Ahlstrom, Forbes, 8 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
  • Abbott has blasted Miller as unfit for office.
    — Gromer Jeffers Jr, Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Ahkivgak this month was again found unfit to stand trial for stabbing Harris.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 27 June 2022
  • 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
  • So, with all of the items that are deemed unfit for hot water, what items are acceptable for these temperatures?
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2026
  • That comes as no surprise, given her insistence that Trump is unfit for office.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 25 July 2022
  • He was arraigned, diagnosed with schizophrenia and found unfit for trial.
    — Andrew McGowan, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
  • His ensuing words were unfit for inclusion in this story.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026
  • In August, Brady was found unfit to stand trial and ordered to treatment.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
  • He was deemed unfit to stand trial, and spent the next 11 years in psychiatric hospitals.
    — Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025

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