unsuit
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To cause to fail to suit; to make (something or someone) unfit.Examples: "Cardinal Cullen, in his evidence before the Educational Committee, given in their report of 1870, frankly stated his opinion that education should be limited to "the three R's, the reading of the Scriptures, and the history of the Church. Too much education would make the poor discontented with their lot, and unsuit them for following the plough, using the spade, hammering iron, and building walls.""; "It is a sunny, cheerful tree, full of glorious vitality, and always beautiful, though it may have faults that unsuit it for some places."; "Being too tall would unsuit the person concerned from, say, being a bus-conductor in a situation where most buses have low ceilings!"transitive
2. (intransitive) To take off a suit.Examples: "The unsuiting and suiting up procedure was time-consuming and there was a risk of upsetting switches in the process, and he saw little point in taking off his suit now because they would require to suit up for the rendezvous.·"; "Drooble also unsuits, more slowly than his Captain, and follows him as he stomps impatiently towards the bridge."; "Nothing untoward happens to him, so he unsuits."intransitive
3. (transitive) To dismiss the legal suit of (a plaintiff)Examples: "It is now the settled law that the burden of proof is upon the railway administration who seeks to unsuit the plaintiff on the ground of limitation, to establish that the loss occurred beyond one year from the date of institution of the suit."; "I do not think, however, that there can be a reasonable doubt in anyone's mind as to who the real parties are before this court despite the extremely shoddy pleadings, and I am not disposed to unsuit the real applicants on this somewhat tenuous basis (Makka v Meat Master NHK 11/2/298 unreported.)"; "I will not unsuit this child if liability is made out against the hospital and Dr. Balnick. I will not unsuit this child in regard to what is already apparent, namely she will require careful, expensive medical treatment for the rest of her life."transitive
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