1
as in unconditional
having no exceptions or restrictions
the new play is an unqualified success
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2
as in unfit
lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job
if we hire an unqualified candidate, we'll just be wasting our time
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as in unlimited
not limited or specialized in application or purpose
an unqualified denial of the charges
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Recent Examples of unqualified
The final team will be announced after the Tour Championship next week, but one unqualified LIV name is already locked in: Bryson DeChambeau.
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Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
Nearly a week after dozens of tenants of The Cooper filed a lawsuit saying an unqualified electrician caused the fire at the Fort Worth apartments, a second group of tenants filed a new lawsuit on Monday.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2025
All of this is an unqualified good for society, and hopefully a harbinger of more respect (and money) being afforded to female athletes in the future.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 6 Aug. 2025
As this cosmetic procedure has become more popular, more men are seeking it out from unqualified providers, experts in the field say.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 24 July 2025
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Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
Nearly a week after dozens of tenants of The Cooper filed a lawsuit saying an unqualified electrician caused the fire at the Fort Worth apartments, a second group of tenants filed a new lawsuit on Monday.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2025
All of this is an unqualified good for society, and hopefully a harbinger of more respect (and money) being afforded to female athletes in the future.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 6 Aug. 2025
As this cosmetic procedure has become more popular, more men are seeking it out from unqualified providers, experts in the field say.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unqualified
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Chris McGrath/Getty Images Just imagine if the Russian leader were to announce not only a commitment to peace but also an unconditional pledge to return the 20,000 Ukrainian children his forces have illegally abducted since the full-scale invasion of February 2022.—
Irwin Redlener,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Aug. 2025
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Osborn sided with the remaining two factions, demanding immediate and unconditional emancipation and boycotting products from places that used slave labor.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Aug. 2025
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Bolton, who served in President Donald Trump’s first term, has become a vocal critic of the administration’s foreign policy and called the president unfit to serve.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025
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Trump continues to dismiss Bolton as disloyal and ineffective, while Bolton has positioned himself as one of Trump's fiercest Republican critics, arguing that the former president is unfit for office and a danger to national security.—
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Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
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Please consider supporting local journalism and getting unlimited digital access.—
Leah Olajide,
Freep.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Gilbert, newly flush with seemingly unlimited cash, and filled with both a desire to be useful and the existential unease of someone who has just won the lottery, begins covering her friends’ therapy bills and tuition payments, and lavishing jewelry, weddings, and houses (plural) on them.—
Jia Tolentino,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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The clip, filmed from inside a car, shows the dog with his mouth agape, staring in utter disbelief at the sight outside the window.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 2025
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This cookie was soft, nutty, salty, sweet—bite after bite, its utter deliciousness washed over me.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
15 Aug. 2025
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This kind of data delusion and fact fiction is, on the one hand, very sad, the mark of a man too fragile, impotent and incompetent to accept reality or withstand criticism.—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
7 Aug. 2025
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With the incompetent and corrupt federal administration no longer involved, private investors might be willing to jump in.—
Joe Mathews,
Mercury News,
2 Aug. 2025
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That made Gagne an unrestricted free agent this past Friday.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
18 Aug. 2025
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The Heat hosted Jones for a workout this week and Burks remains an unrestricted free agent after spending last season with the Heat.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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And our absolute best chance of overhearing a signal will come when two of those exoplanets transit at the same moment, putting us in just the right spot to catch stray radio waves.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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In absolute terms, the weekly TNF audience grew from an average draw of 13.2 million viewers under the sunsetting panel-only estimates to 14.2 million upon application of the new Big Data wrinkle.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Here, Rodel shares how to make the unfitted kitchen trend your own, one statement-worthy piece at a time.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 May 2025
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Mix Materials The beauty in the unfitted kitchen aesthetic is found in its collected look.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 May 2025
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“Unqualified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unqualified. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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