as in doubt
an uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do
she has no qualms about downloading pirated music files from the Internet
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Recent Examples of qualm
My only qualm with the entraña sandwich was that the meat was too chewy in some bites, a common issue with skirt steak.
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Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025
Musk, though, appears to have few qualms about touting A.I.’s conclusions as fact.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2025
The Robb Report editorial team, on the other hand, had no such qualms, and the Battista easily (and unanimously) earned our pick for the 2025 Car of the Year.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 11 Feb. 2025
The jokester who uses the expression is likely not invoking that litany of qualms.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
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Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025
Musk, though, appears to have few qualms about touting A.I.’s conclusions as fact.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2025
The Robb Report editorial team, on the other hand, had no such qualms, and the Battista easily (and unanimously) earned our pick for the 2025 Car of the Year.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 11 Feb. 2025
The jokester who uses the expression is likely not invoking that litany of qualms.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for qualm
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Gold’s red-hot run through $3000 an ounce might have been at the expense of another speculator’s favorite, Bitcoin, but the 40% rise in the gold price over the last 12-months is also raising doubts about its sustainability.—
Tim Treadgold,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Without a doubt, the perfect way to wrap up a day at Disney is with the fireworks show.—
Ronny Maye,
Essence,
19 Mar. 2025
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Schumer has received backlash since helping to avert a government shutdown by aiding the Republicans in passing their stopgap spending plan over the objection of the majority of his fellow Democratic Senators and House Democrats.—
Rebecca Schneid,
TIME,
23 Mar. 2025
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Home demolished During winter break at the University of Idaho, a demolition began of the home where the murders took place, over the objections of some of the victims' family members.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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The actor, who is currently starring in Riff Raff and The Friend, shared on The Howard Stern Show on Tuesday, March 25, that his biggest work regret is not making a comedy with Eastwood, 94.—
Meredith Wilshere,
People.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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And besides, there’s no place for regret in the documentary.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
26 Mar. 2025
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Notably, a factor behind the coup attempt was compunction about the granting of limited self-governance to Catalonia and the Basque country, which some members of the military feared was a prelude to the breakup of Spain.—
Omar G. Encarnación,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Dec. 2023
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Neither do brave men or women stand by and see such things done without compunction of conscience, nor read of them without protest.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Qualm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/qualm. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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