unfit
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A trial of the facts is an option that is open to prosecutors if a court determines that a person is unfit to stand trial and criminal proceedings cannot go ahead.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Prosecutors have accused the defendants of helping launch a "substandard small boat, uncertified, unfit for navigation on the open sea, overcrowded and lacking appropriate life jackets."
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Demand for pulpwood—trees unfit for making lumber but fine for cardboard and paper—plummeted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The statement also emphasized that the district’s widely noted academic gains contradict “the idea that his performance was unsatisfactory or unprofessional or that he was in any way unfit for service.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
“She was deemed an unfit mother, in spite of the fact that she goes to the gym every day,” Hal once told me.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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