The judges agreed on his unfitness for the appointment. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He told Mr.. Thrale, without the smallest consciousness of presumption or what Mr. Square would term the unfitness of things, of his and. From Wordnik.com. [Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings] Reference
Pitt well knew his unfitness, and deplored the consequences. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851] Reference
He loved to preach, though he felt a deep sense of unfitness. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens] Reference
Then a great burden of unfitness and helplessness came upon him. From Wordnik.com. [The Kentucky Ranger] Reference
There is a manifest and eternal unfitness in such a supposition. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
Is this no evidence of the unfitness of the African for civilization?. From Wordnik.com. [The Right of American Slavery] Reference
We may even ask ourselves whether our extraordinary unfitness for knowing. From Wordnik.com. [The Life Radiant] Reference
Meanwhile, to forget the utter unfitness of Paris for the capital of any imaginary. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
No cloud rested upon me, no allegation of misconduct or unfitness was made against me. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
This second way is the true way of dealing with feelings of unworthiness and unfitness. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to His Friends] Reference
The fact that senators are mainly rich does not imply unfitness, but quite the contrary. From Wordnik.com. [As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home] Reference
Canterbury by the appointment of Anselm -- Anselm's protests of unfitness notwithstanding. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Democracy] Reference
They are not averse, however, to pointing out the unfitness of the public to cast the first stone. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years] Reference
Every man in the service is liable to immediate dismissal for unfitness, negligence, or misconduct. From Wordnik.com. [Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction] Reference
The real problem in the arguments on rime is its fitness or unfitness in particular kinds of poetry. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of English Versification] Reference
Wet; the unfitness of many of their troops for war, &c.; undoubtedly contributed to this resolution. From Wordnik.com. [The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn] Reference
This last remark is an insinuation of her unfitness to die, and that her soul is ripe for perdition. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
Physical fitness in a girl of twenty may, during one short year of teaching, give way to physical unfitness. From Wordnik.com. [Civics and Health] Reference
Alcoholism is a sign and a symptom of degeneracy and is a distinct indication of unfitness for parenthood. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume I. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
Watching the little girl, Kara in a measure forgot what she felt to be her own unfitness for her distinguished rôle. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest] Reference
Efficiency and fidelity to duty do not prolong the employment; unfitness and neglect of duty do not always shorten it. From Wordnik.com. [The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes] Reference
He had shown his unfitness for it in his interview that morning, even if in the eyes of the world it could have been at all. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
We must concede, however, that in many instances the teacher's unfitness is a direct product of the pernicious system itself. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume I. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
Besides, his ungentlemanly, morose treatment of helpless soldiers indicates his entire unfitness for the position he occupies. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
It is the presence of the salts that cause priming that may result in the absolute unfitness of water for boiler feed purposes. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
Whether the bull exists or not, the unfitness of the Philippine clergy to take the place of the regular clergy was suggested by the. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
A fortnight ago all who considered themselves unfit were invited to send their names in with a statement of the grounds of unfitness. From Wordnik.com. [The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship] Reference
He needs to be rid of every encumbrance of physical unfitness if he is to live long and become a blessing and not a burden to society. From Wordnik.com. [Society Its Origin and Development] Reference
The scope of retiring boards should be extended so that they could consider general unfitness to command for any cause, in order to secure. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
Pemberton, General, his services in the United States army, 116; his unfitness for independent command, 117; his blunder at Vicksburg, 148. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
Such despicable retaliation against a woman was the last touch needed to prove his unfitness to protect the welfare of loyal little Daffydowndilly. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer] Reference
I disrate you on account of your unfitness for the post, and you will now return to your former rating, as I have restored your name to the list of the crew. From Wordnik.com. [The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea] Reference
He had easily promised your mother not to betray her existence to her husband, but the memory of her face and some uneasy sense of unfitness troubled him, I suppose. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference
The "bloomin 'Commissioner" is about to be deposed from office, for unfitness, neglect of duty, and dissipation; and a petition is being handed around the camp by the. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman who went to Alaska] Reference
Playing her pious part to the last, protesting with tears her pain at leaving a life she loved, and her unfitness for so great an honor she set out upon her easy mission. From Wordnik.com. [The Women of the French Salons] Reference
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