unsuit

From un- +‎ suit.

unsuit (third-person singular simple present unsuits, present participle unsuiting, simple past and past participle unsuited)

1. (transitive) To cause to fail to suit; to make (something or someone) unfit.
   • 1880 February 2, John Jay, “The Roman Catholic Question”, in The International Review, volume 8, page 292:

     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."

   • 1881, Frank Jesup Scott, The Art of Beautifying Suburban Home Grounds of Small Extent-, page 388:

     It is a sunny, cheerful tree, full of glorious vitality, and always beautiful, though it may have faults that unsuit it for some places.

   • 1973, Tai Wei Tan, Our Social Framework and Its Ethical Basis, page 62:

     Being too tall would unsuit the person concerned from, say, being a bus-conductor in a situation where most buses have low ceilings!

   • 1994, Louis De Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin:

     I swear the country's got warmer since the Great War. It makes men lazy, it makes them incompetent. It unsuits them to empire.

   • 2004, Angus J. L. Menuge, Agents Under Fire: Materialism and the Rationality of Science, page 112:

     For example, the way that the straight part of the spring is modified to serve as a rudimentary hammer in the two-part mousetrap (figure 4.3) unsuits it to engaging the hammer in the three-part mousetrap (figure 4.4).

2. (intransitive) To take off a suit.
   • 2004, David Michael Harland, How NASA Learned to Fly in Space: An Exciting Account of the Gemini Missions, page 115:

     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.·

   • 2009, Neal Asher ·, Orbus: Spatterjay 3:

     Drooble also unsuits, more slowly than his Captain, and follows him as he stomps impatiently towards the bridge.

   • 2011, Ian Watson, The Butterflies of Memory:

     Nothing untoward happens to him, so he unsuits.

   • 2016, Timothy Zahn, StarCraft: Evolution:

     Everyone mount up. Erin, you'll need to unsuit. I'll give you a hand if you need it.

3. (transitive) To dismiss the legal suit of (a plaintiff)
   • 1970, Charles Dickenson Field, ‎T. L. Venkatarama Aiyar, C. D. Field's Law of Evidence, in India and Pakistan:

     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.

   • 1991, Industrial law journal: including the industrial law reports, page 163:

     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.)

   • 2010, Kenneth Zarecor, A Darkness of Her Own, page 191:

     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.

unsuit (plural unsuits)

1. A swimsuit made of cloth that allows through UVB rays so that the wearer can tan through the suit.
   • 1971, Hong Kong Trade Statistics, page 9:

     unsuits, knitted or crocheted, of man-made fibres, children's wear

   • 1985, Cancer News - Volumes 39-43, page 3:

     Made of a special cotton fabric and available in men's and women's styles, the unsuit, at a price of $35 and up, is already making its mark.

   • 1988, Janice McCall Failes, ‎Frank W. Cawood, Encyclopedia of Natural Health Secrets and Cures, page 160:

     Do not wear loose-knit bathing suits or "unsuits" that let the ultraviolet rays through the suit's material.

2. A legal suit that is dismissed by the judge.
   • 1978, Alexander Clarence Flick, New York History: Quarterly Journal of the New York State, page 291.:

     The years around 1669-1671 show a better than average share of withdrawals and unsuits.