unqualified
adjective
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adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English qualified English unqualified From un- + qualified.
- Not qualified: ineligible; unfit for a position or task.
“His lack of a high school diploma renders him unqualified for the job.”
“An obvious characteristic of a kakistocrat is inserting unqualified loyalists into positions of power. Nepotism and kakistocracy go hand-in-hand.”
- Not elaborated upon; undescribed; unrestricted.
“The right to free speech is well established as not being an unqualified right to violent incitement nor to free amplification.”
“Obviously, we must reject the existence of an unqualified or unspecified right to know. If the right to know did not require disclosure of only specific (types of) data or information, a person could be said to have a right to know just anything whatsoever.”
- Outright; thorough; utter; unhampered.
“an unqualified success”
“Gibson is an unqualified fool, and only fit to mix with beasts of the same calibre; […]”
verb
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
- simple past and past participle of unqualify