competent vs unfit

competent

adj
  • Resistant to deformation or flow. 

  • Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications. 

  • Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question. 

  • Adequate for the purpose. 

  • Permeable to foreign DNA. 

unfit

adj
  • Unsuitable for a particular purpose. 

  • Not fit; not having the correct requirements. 

  • Not fit, not having a good physical demeanor. 

verb
  • To make unfit; to render unsuitable, spoil, disqualify. 

How often have the words competent and unfit occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )