unqualified

[uhn-kwol-uh-fahyd]

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adjective

not qualified; not fit; lacking requisite qualifications: unqualified for the job.

not modified, limited, or restricted in any way; without reservations: unqualified praise.

absolute; complete; out-and-out: an unqualified liar.

Origin of unqualified

First recorded in 1550–60; un-¹ + qualified

Related formsun·qual·i·fi·a·ble, adjectiveun·qual·i·fied·ly, adverbun·qual·i·fied·ness, noun

Can be confuseddisqualified unqualified

Synonyms for unqualified

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1. unfit, incompetent. 2. unmitigated. 3. downright, thorough.

Synonym study

2, 3. See absolute.

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Related Words for unqualifiedly

thoroughly, completely, categorically, flatly, unqualifiedly, unreservedly

Examples from the Web for unqualifiedly

Historical Examples of unqualifiedly

I answer unhesitatingly and unqualifiedly An unmitigated Curse!
The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul
Jirah D. Buck
Considered as such, the conversation which followed was not unqualifiedly a success.
Those Times And These
Irvin S. Cobb
What he says about my father is utterly and unqualifiedly false.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12)
Robert G. Ingersoll
Of no other American statesman can they be so unqualifiedly affirmed.
Charles Sumner Centenary
Archibald H. Grimke
The verdict of the community was unhesitatingly, unqualifiedly, against Wilhelm.
Between Whiles
Helen Hunt Jackson

British Dictionary definitions for unqualifiedly

unqualified

adjective

lacking the necessary qualifications

not restricted or modifiedan unqualified criticism

(usually prenominal) (intensifier)an unqualified success

Derived Formsunqualifiable, adjectiveunqualifiedly, adverbunqualifiedness, noun

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Word Origin and History for unqualifiedly

unqualified

adj.

1550s, "not having necessary qualifications, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of qualify. Meaning "not modified or limited" is recorded from 1796.