Unqualified

Definition: Unqualified

Unqualified

Adjective

1. Not limited or restricted; "an unqualified denial".

2. Not meeting the proper standards and requirements and training.

3. Having no right or entitlement; "a distinction to which he was unentitled".

4. (law) lacking specific legal qualifications; "a wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband".

5. Lacking the necessary skill or knowledge etc.; "an incapable helper".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "unqualified" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1719. (references)

Language

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Synonyms: Unqualified

Certainty

Unqualified, absolute, positive, determinate, definite, clear, unequivocal, categorical, unmistakable, decisive, decided, ascertained.

Completeness

Regular, consummate, unmitigated, sheer, unqualified, unconditional, free; abundant; (sufficient).

Impotence

Adjective: powerless, impotent, unable, incapable, incompetent; inefficient, ineffective; inept; unfit, unfitted; unqualified, disqualified; unendowed; inapt, unapt; crippled, disabled; Verb: armless.

Nonpreparation

Unqualified, disqualified; unfitted; ill-digested; unbegun, unready, unarranged, unorganized, unfurnished, unprovided, unequipped, untrimmed; out of gear, out of order; dismantled; Verb:

Truth

Plain truth, honest truth, sober truth, naked truth, unalloyed truth, unqualified truth, stern truth, exact truth, intrinsic truth; nuda veritas; the very thing; not an -illusion; real Simon Pure; unvarnished tale, unvarnished truth; the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth; just the thing.

Undueness

Adjective: undue; unlawful; (illegal); illicit; unauthorized, unwarranted, disallowed, unallowed, unsanctioned, unjustified; unentitled, disentitled, unqualified, disqualified; unprivileged, unchartered.

Unskillfulness

Inapt, unapt; inhabile; untractable, unteachable; giddy; (inattentive); inconsiderate; (neglectful); stupid; inactive; incompetent; unqualified, disqualified, ill-qualified; unfit; quackish; raw, green, inexperienced, rusty, out of practice.

Crosswords: Unqualified

Books

• Unqualified and Underemployed: Handicapped Young People and the Labour Market (National Children's Bureau Series) (reference)

• Unqualified, untrained and unemployed : report of a working party set up by the National Youth Employment Council (reference)

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I had been hitherto all my life a stranger to courts, for which I was unqualified by the meanness of my condition

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Health

No consensus could be reached on unqualified endorsement of this recommendation pending the availability of long-term results from this trial. (references)

Business

Nearly a quarter of primary school teachers are not appropriately qualified, i.e. either unqualified or under-qualified �" a result of a shortage in human resources, especially in rural areas. (references)

Children

Pakistan

Nevertheless, the official claimed the Punjab government refused to dismiss unqualified teachers. (references)

Bulgaria

These facilities are plagued by inadequate budgets, poorly trained and unqualified staff, and inadequate oversight. (references)

Yugoslavia

Few Romani children attend primary schools, either for family reasons, because they are judged to be unqualified, or because of societal prejudice. (references)

Civil Liberties

Pakistan

Muslims also must affirm that they accept the unqualified finality of the prophethood of Mohammed and declare that Ahmadis are non-Muslims. (references)

Economic History

El Salvador

A general reform of the judicial system is getting underway, and some corrupt and/or unqualified judges have been removed. (references)

Japan

If there are tenders made by unqualified suppliers or in violation of the tender requirements, the procuring entity will rule them invalid and notify the unsuccessful bidder. (references)

Human Rights

Honduras

Nonetheless, many courts remain staffed by politically selected judges and by unqualified clerks who are inefficient and subject to influence from special interests. (references)

Tajikistan

The Government made some progress in this respect by instituting regular examinations to screen unqualified candidates for judgeships, which continued during the year. (references)

Political Rights

Cameroon

Ninety-six contests in which the Government declared the ruling party candidate the winner were appealed to the Supreme Court, which declared itself unqualified to adjudicate many of these complaints, but nullified the results of 18 elections, which it ordered the Government to hold again. (references)

Worker Rights

Bahamas

The union claimed that replacement air traffic controllers were unqualified and caused dangerous conditions at Nassau International Airport. (references)

China

Monks who refused these terms risked expulsion from their monasteries; others were forced to leave their monasteries after failing to pass exams on these topics or being found "politically unqualified;" others leave "voluntarily" rather than denounce the Dalai Lama. (references)

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Expressions using "unqualified": be unqualified ♦ be unqualified for smth. ♦ unqualified praise. Additional references.

Albanian

i shprehur qartë, i pakufizuar (absolute, autocratic, autocratical, dateless, termless, unbounded, unconditioned, unlimited, unreserved, unrestricted), i pakualifikuar (inexpert), i dukshëm (apparent, appreciable, conspicuous, discernible, distinct, evidence, evident, in evidence, manifest, marked, memorable, mere, naked, notable, noticeable, observable, obvious, outward, overt, palpable, patent, perceptible, plain, pointed, prominent, rank, salient, self-explanatory, sensible, sheer, simple, speaking, substantial, telling, thorough-paced, transparent, unconcealed, visible). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كامل (absolute, all out, complete, completed, concluded, consummate, entire, essential, finalized, finished, full, full blown, full scale, integral, integrate, out and out, outright, perfect, plenary, plumb, rounded off, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, utter, whole), ‏مفرط (exaggerated, excess, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, frightful, immoderate, intemperate, intolerable, overabundant, overmuch, overweening, super, superabundant, superfluous, superlative, too much, unconscionable, undue, unreasonable, unrestrained), ‏مطلق (absolute, categorical, complete, downright, free, full, infinite, liberator, outright, perfect, plenary, stark, ultimate, unbounded, unconditional, uncontrolled, unlimited, unrestrained, unrestricted, utter), ‏قاطع (boycott, break away, categorical, chip, conclusive, decisive, definite, disruption, disturb, dogmatic, edgy, final, have no truck with, incisive, interrupt, keen, partition, peremptory, positive, sharp), ‏غير مؤهل (disqualified, hopeless, inadequate, incompetent, ineligible, unfit), ‏حاسم (absolute, categorical, conclusive, critical, crucial, decided, decisive, definite, definitive, determinate, fateful, final, high, peremptory, pivotal), ‏تام (blank, complete, crass, entire, every, flat, gone, implicit, integral, outright, perfect, perfected, performed, plenary, pure, rank, regular, round, sound, thorough, thoroughgoing, unconditional, unequivocal, utter, whole), ‏بات (bed, categorical, decisive, home, roost, square). (various references)

Bulgarian 

неквалифициран (incompetent, unskilled), некомпетентен (incompetent, ineffective, inefficient, unversed), негоден (disabled, disqualified, effete, incompetent, ineligible, moth-eaten, no good, outworn, played out, punk, sour, unequal, unfit, unsuitable, waste), неоспорим (inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefragable, irrefutable, sovereign, stringent, strong, unarguable, uncontrovertible, undeniable, undisputed, watertight), абсолютен (absolute, implicit, irrelative, perfect, plenary, plenipotentiary, profound, rank, sheer, sovereign, unconditioned, unmitigated, utter, veriest), пълен (absolute, alive, all out, ample, beefy, clear, compendious, complete, corpulent, dead, entire, exhaustive, explicit, fat, fleshy, fraught, full, grand, implicit, intact, integral, integrate, lousy, murky, out and out, outright, overall, overblown, perfect, plenary, portly, profound, pursy, radical, rank, replenished, replete, riddle, right, round, sheer, stark, stout, substantial, teetotal, thoroughgoing, thorough-paced, total, unabbreviated, universal, unmitigated, unreserved, utter, vast, very, well fed, whole, whole-footed, whole-hog), изричен (explicit, express, substantive). (various references)

Chinese 

不够资� �. (various references)

Czech

rozhodný (assertive, categorical, conclusive, decided, decisive, definite, determined, firm, peremptory, point blank, resolute, strong, strong-minded, unhesitating), neoprávnìný (false, illicit, incompetent, unauthorized, unlawful, wrongful), neomezený (boundless, endless, limitless, unbounded, unlimited, unrestrained, unrestricted, untrammelled), nekvalifikovaný (incompetent, menial, unskilled), nekompetentní, dokonalý (accomplished, cast iron, consummate, ideal, immaculate, impeccable, perfect, proficient, thorough, utter, very), bezvýhradný (all out, unconditional, unreserved, wholehearted), bezpodmíneèný (implicit, unconditional, unconditioned, unquestioning). (various references)

Farsi 

فاقدصلاحیت (Unmeet), فاقدشرایطلازم (Ineligible), نامحدود (Indefinite, Indeterminable, Infinite, Unlimited, Unrestrained, Wide), کامل (Absolute, Complete, Culminant, Exact, Intact, Integral, Large, Main, Mature, Perfect, Plenary, Stark, Thorough, Unabridged, Unmitigated, Whole), بیحدوحصر (Innumerable). (various references)

Finnish

tinkimätön (absolute, unconditional, unreserved), epäpätevä (imcompetent). (various references)

French

sans réserve (unconditional, unreservedly), non qualifié, inconditionnel (unconditional, unquestioning, unreserved), formidable, catégorique (uncompromising). (various references)

German

unqualifiziert (incompetent, unpolished, unpolishedly, unqualifiedly, unrefined, unrefinedly, unskilled). (various references)

Greek 

μη έχων τα προσόντα, χωρίσ τα προσόντα, απόλυτοσ (absolute, absolutist, categorical, dead, perfect, plenary, sheer, strict, unconditional, utter), απεριόριστοσ (absolute, boundless, illimitable, implicit, limitless, stintless, unbounded, unconfined, unlimited, unrestricted). (various references)

Hebrew 

מוחלט (absolute, categorical, certain, decided, definite, downright, outright, positive, sheer, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, utter), לא מוסמך, בלתי מוסמך. (various references)

Hungarian

képzetlen (untrained). (various references)

Italian

non qualificato, incompetente (incompetent, unprofessional), categorico (categorical, point blank), assoluto (absolute, all-time, clear, damned, downright, implicit, perfect, profound, sheer, stark, sweeping, utter, very). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

無資� � (uncertified, unlicensed), 潜り (diver, diving, unlicensed, unregistered). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

むしかく (uncertified, unlicensed), もぐり (diver, diving, unlicensed, unregistered). (various references)

Pig Latin

alifiedunquay.(various references)

Portuguese

não qualificado, inepto (inept, shiftless, unapt, unpractical), incompetente (incompetent, unable, unfit), inapto (inapt, incapable, unapt, unfit, unmeet, unsuitable, useless). (various references)

Romanian

necalificat (unskilled), incompetent (incompetent, inexpert), fãrã calitãţile cerute, categoric (absolute, absolutely, beyond peradventure, categorical, categorically, clear, curt, decided, decisive, definite, definitely, dogmatic, downright, emphatic, explicit, explicitly, flat, flatly, formal, much, on the dead, peremptorily, peremptory, plump, positive, positively, simply, Square, stiff, unanswerable, unbending), absolut (absolute, absolutely, arbitrarily, be sure, blank, boundless, broad, categorical, categorically, coercive, complete, completely, dead, downright, emphatic, entire, essential, finished, flat, inalienable, just, perfect, physically, positive, positively, precious, pure, sheer, simple, strict, sure, there's no doubt about it, thorough, thoroughly, total, unequivocal, unfailingly, unlimited, unmistakable, unmistakably, unrestricted, utter). (various references)

Russian 

неквалифицированный (unskilled). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

neosposobljen, nekvalifikovan (ineligible). (various references)

Spanish

sin título (untrained), no cualificado (non-skilled, untrained), no capacitado (unskilled), inhábil (incompetent), incondicional (die hard, implicit, staunch, unconditional, unconditioned, unquestioning), incompetente (incompetent, unfit, useless), grande (ample, appreciable, arch, big, bull, colossal, commodious, gigantic, grandee, great, hefty, high, large, lively, lusty, sizable, sizeable, sore, spanking, tall, walloping, wide, widespread, yeoman). (various references)

Swedish

total (aggregate, entire, full scale, global, integral, out and out, out-and-out, outright, overall, pure, rank, stark, total, unconditional, unmitigated, utter, wholehearted), oreserverad (expansive, unguarded, unreserved), okvalificerad (untrained), oduglig (disabled, dud, good for nothing, inapt, incapable, incompetent, ineffective, inefficient, unfit, unsuitable, useless), obetingad (absolute, implicit, outright, unconditioned, unquestioning), inkompetent (incapable, incompetent, ineffective, inefficient, inept), absolut (absolute, absolutely, dead, definitely, essential, every time, flatly, heart and soul, implicit, irrelative, much, positively, quite, rather, strict, teetotal, ultimate, unquestioning, utter, utterly, very). (various references)

Turkish

yetersiz (defective, deficient, disqualified, exiguous, half-way, handicapped, inadequate, incapable, incommensurate, incompetent, inconclusive, inefficient, ineligible, insufficient, meager, meagre, poorly, powerless, scant, scanty, scrimp, scrimpy, shoestring, short, skimp, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, unequal, unfit, unsatisfactory, unsatisfied, unsatisfying), vasıfsız (unskilled), mutlâk (absolute, certain, extreme, infallible, peremptory, plenipotentiary, positively, sovereign, sov'ran, strict, unconditional, unconditioned, utter, very), koşulsuz (categorical, definitive, no strings attached, no-strings, unconditional, unconditioned, unreserved), ehliyetsiz (disabled, incapable, inefficient, insufficient), diplomasız, şartsız (unconditional, unlimited, with no strings attached, without reserve). (various references)

Ukrainian

непідготовлений (extemporaneous, extempore, half cocked, off the cuff, unprepared), неправомочний (untitled), беззастережний (categorical). (various references)

Vietnamese 

không đủ trình độ ho� n to� n, không đủ tiêu chuẩn. (various references)

Welsh

diamodol (absolute, unconditional). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "unqualified": unqualifiedly. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Unqualified" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unclarified. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: qualified.

-3 letters: aquiline, finialed, quiniela.

-4 letters: aliunde, infidel, infield, quailed, quinela, unequal, unideal, unified.

-5 letters: afield, aidful, alined, audile, denial, fadein, failed, feudal, finale, finial, inlaid, liquid, nailed, unique, unlade, unlaid, unlead.

+2 letters: unqualifiedly.

+3 letters: underqualified.