The natural and proper timidity and delicacy which belongs to the female sex evidently unfits it for many of the occupations of civil life.
But an impatient activity urges men on, bedazzling their eyes, which at once unnerves and unfits them for reading or judging.
A sincere anxiety takes possession of their soul, which utterly unfits them to judge aright the signs of the times and tokens of Providence.
Industrial slavery unfits a woman for motherhood as certainly as intellectual and moral slavery unfits her.
Over-culture, without practical experience, weakens a man, and unfits him for real life.
Thousands of youths receive an education that fits them for a profession which they have not the means or inclination to follow, and that unfits them for the conditions of life to which they were born.
It unfits men for any close and serious studies, and therefore tends to nourish ignorance, and keep men fools.
There is certainly nothing in a college education which unfitsmen for the practical duties of life.
It unfits one for being a comforter of others, for giving cheer and inspiration, for touching other lives with good and helpful impulses.
Anxiety of any kind unfitsus in some degree for work.
The delicacy of their nervous systemunfits them for such a strain.
She looked gravely at him, and said, as if repeating a lesson: 'The delicacy of a young lady's nervous system unfits her for such a strain.
She saw the face of Samuel Barmby, and heard his tones--'The delicacy of a young lady's nervous system unfits her for such a strain.
The moderns who are training are well aware that sexual indulgence wholly unfits them for great feats of strength, and the captain of a boat strictly forbids his crew anything of the sort just previous to a match.
Another reason is the physical and nervous exhaustion which the parents bring upon themselves, and which totally unfits them to beget sound, healthy offspring.
Though it unfits the individual for labor, and causes him much suffering, he would be fortunate if he escaped with no disease of a more dangerous character.
It is unfortunate in that it unfits the mind to consider intelligently the facts which constitute the Jewish Question, and also unfits it to deal with them in a fair and constructive way.
And just because the manhood was perfect and sinless, therefore the sympathy of Christ was deeper than any human sympathy, howsoever tender it may be; for what unfits us to feel compassion is our absorption with ourselves.
The study of literature and philosophy probably unfits one for the study of an experimental science because the methods are so dissimilar, in some measure antagonistic.
Knocking a baseball unfitsone for knocking a tennis ball.
This statement deals, not with the moral side, but with the fact that a man who drinks unfitshimself for any position of responsibility, especially if entrusted with human life.
This talk deals especially with the point that the use of strong drink consumes the income of the wage earner, unfits him for his work, and brings suffering and want to himself and those dependent upon him.
Excess in marriage impoverishes the body, mind and soul and unfits for true parentage.
Excess in the marriage relation impoverishes the body, mind and soul and unfits for true parentage those who practice such excess.
Negligence of one's duty produces a self-dissatisfaction which unfits the mind for every thing, and ennui and peevishness are the never-failing consequences.
I have at no time been so completely out of patience; just now particularly, being a little churlish with my headache, which, though not very severe, unfits me for any thing but writing to you.
Their dress unfitsthem altogether for moving about in crowded plant houses.
My hearing is distinct in particular conversation, but confused when several voices cross each other, which unfitsme for the society of the table.
It may be asked, what, in the nature of her government, unfits England for the observation of moral duties?
Its dark, somber toneunfits it for most situations and its great cost unfits most people from even thinking about its usage.
Mental work does not extinguish passions; it feeds the flames, on the contrary, and unfits the brain-owner for matrimony.
The life of a successful woman unfits her for matrimony and its peaceful joys.
He throws himself into a great moral and religious cause, and consumes his best powers in it, and unfits himself (it may be) for other employments.
The machinery, too, which is so necessary in such large institutions, unfits a poor boy or girl for practical handwork.
I pointed out, that fashion is in all countries the destroyer of taste, that itunfits the mind for fixed principles; that where it dominates, there taste will be always fluttering and never settle, nor have a sure dominion.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "unfits" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
