What's the difference between unbit and unfit?

Unbit


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To remove the turns of (a rope or cable) from the bits; as, to unbit a cable.

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Unfit


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to disable; to incapacitate; to disqualify; as, sickness unfits a man for labor; sin unfits us for the society of holy beings.
  • (a.) Not fit; unsuitable.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) An additional 1.3% of the persons studied needed this operation, but were unfit for surgery.
  • (2) In unfit patients with advanced disease, palliation from the use of radiotherapy and Celestin tube insertion were poor.
  • (3) He was first deemed medically unfit to be detained in October, but has remained in custody.
  • (4) These people would be out of their depth in a paddling pool, and couldn’t be more unfit to run a modern political party.
  • (5) There were no significant differences between fit and unfit dogs for post exercise plasma concentrations of aspartate aminotransferase, white blood cell count or total protein, although the unfit dogs showed a tendency towards higher values.
  • (6) He has, however, refused to testify, invoking his right to remain silent, while his lawyer has insisted his client is “insane” and therefore unfit for trial.
  • (7) He was later ruled unfit to stand trial on physical and mental grounds.
  • (8) Extra-anatomic bypass grafting has been used as treatment for patients with aorto-iliac disease who were considered unfit for aortic surgery.
  • (9) Our findings suggest that for patients with stage I endometrial cancer who are unfit for surgery, intracavitary low-dose-rate radiation therapy alone is an effective alternative treatment with a low risk of complications.
  • (10) It’s extraordinary that you can continue to make law when you are unfit to face it.
  • (11) It is a simple and effective procedure with minimal complications, and it is especially recommended for those patients who are medically unfit for general anaesthesia.
  • (12) There were 10 deaths within a month of operation (0.9%), 9 of these patients having been exceptionally old and unfit.
  • (13) Only 69.3% were declared fit and the overall unfit rate was 22.1%.
  • (14) He was freed by Jack Straw, the home secretary, on the grounds that medical experts said he was unfit to stand trial.
  • (15) This could happen if the official receiver thinks that your conduct has been 'unfit'.
  • (16) A motion brought by Britain’s Ukip, France’s Front National, and Italy’s 5 Star movement described Juncker as unfit to lead the EU executive because of his track record in Luxembourg.
  • (17) Variant 2 is limited to high 4-PA concentrations, being unfit in low ones for overestimating the data.
  • (18) In 1949 it was estimated that around 2 million homes were unfit for human habitation, too expensive to repair and earmarked for demolition.
  • (19) Universities are badly failing students with unfit teaching and old-fashioned methods and will have to radically modernise lectures and facilities if they want to raise fees, according to the Conservatives' spokesman on higher education.
  • (20) One man had his doctor's testimony, affirming he had a deformed ankle, thrown out, only to be dismissed as unfit from the army two years later, over the same ankle.

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