What's the difference between unclean and unfit?

Unclean


Definition:

  • (a.) Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.
  • (a.) Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing.
  • (a.) Morally impure.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Photograph: Fairfax Media via Getty Images Monis waged a campaign for years, writing letters to the families of Australian soldiers who had died in Afghanistan , labelling them child killers and their corpses unclean.
  • (2) The vendor asked $1m for the toilet, "uncleaned and in its original condition", writing: "Who knows how many of [his] stories were thought up and written while Salinger sat on this throne!"
  • (3) The exact cause of the deaths is not yet clear but officials said they suspected infection caused by unclean surgical equipment.
  • (4) Such actions would make some Muslims consider themselves unclean so they would stop praying.
  • (5) The aim is to make you feel guilty, unclean, a sinner in the eyes of God, and of course in the withering stare of the preacher.
  • (6) At the coronal cervix, the so-called uncleaned area, the path of the food bolus and its rubbing effect are said to be regulated by the coronal and gingival contours.
  • (7) It is dusty, unclean and you are given no cleaning stuff.
  • (8) 0.6 mm) on the cleaned than on the uncleaned sides.
  • (9) It was established that they enter the product by way of unclean production lines and implements, by the fermenting agent, by the air in the fermentation premises.
  • (10) The following variables were significantly associated with an increased risk of dehydration, after adjustment for age and other confounding variables: absence of the father from the home; low paternal education level; young age; maternal age 25-29 years or less than 20 years; mother of mixed race; high birth order; short birth interval; low birth weight; stunting, underweight and wasting; lack of breast-feeding; presence of other under-5-year-olds in the home; families with 4-5 members; lack of antenatal care; less than three doses of diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus or poliomyelitis vaccine; previous admission to hospital; use of medicines during the fortnight prior to the episode; and living in an unclean home.
  • (11) Histologic study revealed patchy chronic inflammation at the surface of uncleaned filters but only benign fibrous tissue reaction for the cleaned filters.
  • (12) Histologic examinations after 4 weeks revealed bacterial growth on dentinal walls in 9 of the uncleaned and in 2 cleaned cavities.
  • (13) Anxious patients may overclean or overtreat sensitive genital skin in the belief that they are unclean or harbour a sexually transmitted disease.
  • (14) "For the church fathers, homosexuality is the most disgusting and unclean sin," he railed in a nine-page missive made public last week.
  • (15) Each year, millions of people acquire this infection by drinking unclean water.
  • (16) Community participation could be followed by a health education program aimed at the prevention of infectious diseases caused by an unclean environment and consumption of contaminated food.
  • (17) Vilks' cartoon caused outrage because dogs are considered unclean by conservative Muslims, and Islamic law generally opposes any depiction of the prophet for fear it could lead to idolatry.
  • (18) In addition, this test turned out to be an effective educational tool for heightening the awareness of people towards dangers of unclean drinking water.
  • (19) The root cause of the region’s smog problems, from a long-term perspective, is an unclean industrial and energy mix, which requires big changes,” said Chen Jining, China’s environmental minister, adding that he “felt guilty” about the toxic haze.
  • (20) The capitalist drive to convince us that female body hair is unnatural and unclean has been alarmingly successful.

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.