Example Sentences

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When Khomeini died in 1989, Khamenei was considered theologically underqualified.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

Twenty-four-year-old Rupal Rao in New York sometimes offers a lower figure when she feels underqualified.

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2026

Maria Caulfield, the minister for women's health strategy, said there had been "too many stories of people who've had bad experiences" from getting a cosmetic procedure from someone who is inexperienced or underqualified.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2023

It was 1999, and while Bird had written a couple of modestly successful biographies, as a 48-year-old historian without a Ph.D. he was underqualified for a tenure-track university position and overqualified for nearly everything else.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2023

But Sara Bareilles read a statement on behalf of her fellow singer-songwriter, who was “humbled, shocked, proud, overachieved and underqualified and singularly grateful” to be included.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2022