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Recent Examples of unfit For at least the past four years — since the Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021 — Democrats have asserted that Trump is unfit for office. Niall Stanage, The Hill, 28 Dec. 2024 Other food recalls currently include meat products that may be contaminated with listeria bacteria, beef tallow that has been labeled unfit for human consumption, and tortilla strips with missing allergen warnings. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024 Jean-Marie Le Pen was deemed unfit to testify. ___ Ganley, who retired from The Associated Press, contributed to this report. Thomas Adamson, Sylvie Corbet, TIME, 7 Jan. 2025 It's said in the books that the iron throne was built to cut anyone unfit to rule, which sums up Viserys (although, to be fair, it's easily done; the throne is made of swords). David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unfit 
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  • The following year, regulators ruled that the company is unsuitable to operate its casinos in Sydney and Queensland, placing them under government supervision.
    Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
  • That's because Blue Origin aims to recover the first stage of the New Glenn rocket, and sea states in the Atlantic Ocean have been unsuitable for an initial attempt to catch the first stage booster on a drone ship.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2025
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  • And the protections shouldn't be such that someone who's incompetent is allowed to stay in a job.
    Mo Rocca, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2025
  • The agency found Cardwell was grossly incompetent, but investigators declined to pursue criminal charges.
    Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2025
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  • In stark contrast, Lauren Sanchez's choice of a white suit with a visible lace corset was inappropriate for the occasion, earning a notably low score in dress and presence.
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Bad reviews, inappropriate comments and shabby online engagements have the opposite effect and can potentially leave a permanent mark against the company name.
    Dmitry Malin, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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  • One man allegedly unloaded his pistol into Mary, only to find that the bullets were incapable of penetrating her thick hide.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
  • In the 1980s, Washington was seized by the worry that American industry was incapable of competing with Japan’s economic juggernaut.
    Jude Blanchette, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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  • Lawyers for Harry, 40, the younger son of King Charles III, will set out to show that the News Group executives concealed and sought to destroy evidence of hacking and other improper practices.
    Mark Landler, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
  • According to the Electrical Safety Foundation International, over 65,000 home fires are the result of improper heating equipment usage in the United States.
    Graeme Taskerud, The Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2025
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  • In fact, the federal government is practically throwing cash in an incinerator by handing over blank checks to these predatory schools to begin with, only for courts to mandate debt elimination on the backend or borrowers driven into poverty by the schools rendered unable to pay back a penny.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
  • When the Eaton Fire started 10 days ago, Martin was unable to find temporary housing nearby.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
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  • The outlet reports that Puente would even continue to write letters to her tenants’ family members for months following their deaths in order to cover her tracks and lead the families to believe nothing was wrong.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Kohn said he was relieved to finally have a doctor who could tell him what was wrong.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2025
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  • For example, malfunctioning sensors, unreliable asset location or gaps in data collection can produce incorrect conclusions about asset movement, leading to questionable insights.
    Fabio Belloni, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • In that case, Fox made a modest admission that incorrect claims had been made, but Dominion Voting Systems was able to reveal the size of the settlement — the more telling concession.
    David Folkenflik, NPR, 21 Jan. 2025

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“Unfit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfit. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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