Unfit vs Unworthy - What's the difference?
unfit | unworthy |
Not fit; not having the correct requirements.
:Jack cannot run, making him unfit for the track team.
Not fit, not having a good physical demeanor.
To make unfit; to render unsuitable, spoil, disqualify.
*1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick :
*:He [...] added that he was fearful Christianity, or rather Christians, had unfitted him for ascending the pure and undefiled throne of thirty pagan Kings before him.
*1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.30:
*:These preoccupations unfitted the soldiers for the defence of the frontier, and permitted vigorous incursions of Germans form the north and Persians from the east.
As adjectives the difference between unfit and unworthy
is that unfit is not fit; not having the correct requirements while unworthy is not worthy; lacking value or merit; worthless.As a verb unfit
is to make unfit; to render unsuitable, spoil, disqualify.unfit
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I've become so unfit after stopping cycling to town.
