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UNQUALIFIED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Legally not qualified or sufficient
Example:
incompetent witnesses
Synonyms:
incompetent; unqualified
Classified under:
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having no right or entitlement
Example:
a distinction to which he was unentitled
Synonyms:
unentitled; unqualified
Classified under:
Similar:
ineligible (not eligible)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Not meeting the proper standards and requirements and training
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
quack (medically unqualified)
Also:
incompetent (not qualified or suited for a purpose)
ineligible (not eligible)
Antonym:
qualified (meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Not limited or restricted
Example:
an unqualified denial
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
categoric; categorical; flat; unconditional (not modified or restricted by reservations)
clean; clear (free of restrictions or qualifications)
cool (used of a quantity or amount (especially of money) for emphasis)
outright; straight-out; unlimited (without reservation or exception)
Also:
unconditional; unconditioned (not conditional)
unmodified (not changed in form or character)
Antonym:
qualified (limited or restricted; not absolute)
Context examples:
The Doctor's desire that Annie should be entertained, was therefore particularly acceptable to this excellent parent; who expressed unqualified approval of his discretion.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Sir Thomas could not give so instantaneous and unqualified a consent.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
The next afternoon, accompanied by Arthur, she arrived in the Morse carriage, to the unqualified delight of the Silva tribe and of all the urchins on the street, and to the consternation of Maria.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
He stood as opposed to Captain Wentworth, in all his own unwelcome obtrusiveness; and the evil of his attentions last night, the irremediable mischief he might have done, was considered with sensations unqualified, unperplexed.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
