unqualified
Americanadjective
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not qualified; qualify; not fit; lacking requisite qualifications.
unqualified for the job.
- Synonyms:
- incompetent, unfit
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not modified, limited, or restricted in any way; without reservations.
unqualified praise.
- Synonyms:
- unmitigated
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absolute; complete; out-and-out.
an unqualified liar.
adjective
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lacking the necessary qualifications
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not restricted or modified
an unqualified criticism
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(usually prenominal) (intensifier)
an unqualified success
Related Words
See absolute.
Other Word Forms
- unqualifiable adjective
- unqualifiedly adverb
- unqualifiedness noun
Etymology
Origin of unqualified
Example Sentences
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In the report published on Friday, the Education Select Committee recommended the government must provide an "unqualified formal apology" to all those affected by forced adoption in the UK.
From BBC
Article 111 of the Iranian Constitution grants the assembly the authority to remove the supreme leader if he is deemed incapable or unqualified politically and religiously.
From Salon
He claimed that instances of what he considered "cruelty and neglect" were due to poor culture and unqualified staff who "didn't have enough experience".
From BBC
When coming back to Intuit, Goodarzi said he asked then CEO Brad Smith if he could become CIO—despite later saying he was completely unqualified for the job.
Rusted nails hold used infusion tubes on the wall of a clinic run by one among hundreds of thousands of unqualified doctors operating across Pakistan.
From Barron's
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