Usually means: Suitable to meet intended needs.
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  1. (not) fit for purpose: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  2. fit for purpose: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (fit for purpose)

▸ adjective:  (British, Australia) Appropriate, and of a necessary standard, for its intended use.

Similar:
right, appropriate, up to standard, proper, suitable, fitting, competent, well-fitted, purpose-like, cut out, more...

Opposite:
unusable, defective, nonfunctional, inoperative

Phrases:
not fit for purpose, make fit for a specific purpose, more...

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Similar:
right, appropriate, up to standard, proper, suitable, fitting, competent, well-fitted, purpose-like, cut out, more...

Opposite:
unusable, defective, nonfunctional, inoperative

Phrases:
not fit for purpose, make fit for a specific purpose, more...



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