English > unfit: 4 senses > adjective 2| Meaning | not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition. |
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| Examples | - "fat and very unfit"
- "certified as unfit for army service"
- "drunk and unfit for service"
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| Narrower | afflicted, impaired | mentally or physically unfit |
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| apractic, apraxic | Having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder |
| bandy, bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged | Have legs that curve outward at the knees |
| broken-backed | (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth |
| crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, game | disabled in the feet or legs |
| crookback, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchbacked, gibbous, kyphotic | characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column |
| dipped, lordotic, swayback, swaybacked | Having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses) |
| disabled, handicapped | Incapable of functioning as a consequence of injury or illness |
| gammy | (British informal) sore or lame |
| knock-kneed | Having the knees abnormally close together and the ankles wide apart |
| maimed, mutilated | Having a part of the body crippled or disabled |
| soft, flabby, flaccid | Out of condition |
| spavined | (of horses) afflicted with a swelling of the hock-joint |
| See also | ill, sick | Affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function |
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| unhealthy | not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind |
| unsound | not sound financially |
| Opposite | fit | physically and mentally sound or healthy |
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| Nouns | unfitness | lacking the power to perform |
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| unfitness | poor physical condition |
