How to Use underqualified in a Sentence

underqualified

adjective

• Eleven hours later, Monica has a profane, if underqualified lawyer, and the lawyer tells her to get up and leave.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2021
• To fill gaps in staffing, schools in Washington state have had to turn to underqualified employees.
  — Janelle Retka, al, 6 Oct. 2022
• Low pay contributed to a constant churn in staff and drew mostly underqualified candidates, former staffers said.
  — Lulu Ramadan, ProPublica, 4 Dec. 2022
• In many places, part of the problem is that kids have underqualified teachers, who are underpaid and not respected by the community.
  — Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2014
• The report looks at the number of vacancies and underqualified employees compared to the number of students.
  — Peter Greene, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
• While Pete Hegseth seemed like an underqualified pick for secretary of defense, that alone is not sufficient to damn his tenure.
  — Joseph Palange, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2025
• The Rwandan countryside still struggles with poor schools and underqualified teachers, low crop yields, and lack of social and real capital.
  — Jonathan M. Hansen, TIME, 7 Apr. 2024
• But that mindset can lead to underqualified hires who lack the ability to manage the complexity and pace of executive-level demands.
  — Kenzie Biggins, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
• Giving teaching jobs to underqualified locals creates a vicious circle.
  — Elizabeth Pisani, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2014
• Those critics argue that the overhaul of the courts could give the governing party more power and open the door to underqualified or easily influenced candidates.
  — James Wagner, New York Times, 1 June 2025
• Also, the rise in remote work during the pandemic may be adding to confusion across inexperienced, underqualified staff.
  — Lila Kee, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022
• But when Biden named Kamala Harris as his running mate, he was accused of elevating someone underqualified for the job.
  — Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, 18 Dec. 2020
• Many were underqualified to consider the overall effect on other components of society.
  — WSJ, 29 Dec. 2020
• Heywood had to settle for trying to teach Zain's underqualified, inexperienced staff how to produce better research.
  — Brendan I. Koerner, Wired, 12 Oct. 2021
• Tight funds have also led to cutting corners with complaints about testing booths being hastily built and badly designed and companies hiring underqualified employees.
  — Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 13 June 2022
• The same model that, by her own account, has produced a revolving door of underqualified candidates or excellent professionals who left quickly for better-paying roles.
  — Charles Stanton, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
• Republicans repeatedly criticized Buttigieg over his handling of the crises, often trying to paint him as underqualified.
  — Erin Doherty, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025
• Despite the fact that Bradley’s father had promised Linda a promotion to VP, Bradley hands the role to his underqualified frat brother instead.
  — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
• But as Bowlsby’s decision 16 years ago illustrated, sometimes the best candidate is the one who appears underqualified.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Nov. 2022
• Keeping underqualified personnel can put an organization at major risk.
  — Mohan S, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• Trump judges were often underqualified ideologues rubber-stamped by the right-wing Federalist Society.
  — Pablo Manríquez, The New Republic, 14 Feb. 2023
• Rattlers hiss at Johnson At Wednesday’s meeting, more than a dozen public speakers condemned Johnson as underqualified.
  — Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 19 June 2025
• Without a rigorous vetting process, companies risk hiring underqualified talent or teams that overpromise and underdeliver.
  — Luis Peralta, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
• From California to Alabama, news reports and public records show that prisons routinely hire underqualified and even disgraced medical staff.
  — NBC News, 1 July 2021
• As a result, some Syrian refugees have relied instead on underqualified doctors, self-medicated, or chosen to forego vital services altogether.
  — David Miliband, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2019
• Students in these high-needs schools — many of whom are historically underserved Black and Latino students — are twice as likely to be taught by underqualified teachers compared with those in the highest-income schools.
  — Valentyna Banner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
• According to Silva, some unlicensed or underqualified clinics in South Florida will attract patients with lower prices.
  — Ella Moore july 23, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
• Their replacements were often underqualified, winning their posts through connections; at its highest levels, the Ministry of Health became a vehicle for doling out patronage.
  — Rozina Ali, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2020
• The tournament selection committee clearly screwed up by putting underqualified North Carolina in March Madness.
  — Sean Gregory, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
• However, McDaniels doesn’t exactly look overmatched or underqualified.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Nov. 2022