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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3
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
Kennedy replaced them with members whom critics have called unqualified.
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Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 6 May 2026
Among their projects through Random Order Studios is another Crave series, Judge Tyco, which takes place in a courtroom where top Toronto’s top goon Tyco presides over the trivial cases of teenagers totally unqualified.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2026
The scheme allowed unqualified candidates to apply and practice nursing, exposing patients across the state to potential risk of death, injury or serious harm, court officials said.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
In addition to trying to get unqualified drivers off the road, Duffy has led an effort to crack down on questionable trucking schools and go after trucking companies that violate the rules and then just change their names and keep operating.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
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Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 6 May 2026
Among their projects through Random Order Studios is another Crave series, Judge Tyco, which takes place in a courtroom where top Toronto’s top goon Tyco presides over the trivial cases of teenagers totally unqualified.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2026
The scheme allowed unqualified candidates to apply and practice nursing, exposing patients across the state to potential risk of death, injury or serious harm, court officials said.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
In addition to trying to get unqualified drivers off the road, Duffy has led an effort to crack down on questionable trucking schools and go after trucking companies that violate the rules and then just change their names and keep operating.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unqualified
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While the benefit had largely been unconditional until now, users in some regions must now link a phone number to unlock the full storage capacity.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
15 May 2026
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Never judging me and always giving pure, loyal, and unconditional love.—
Charmaine Patterson,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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Kabuga, somewhere in his 90s — his age is disputed — and suffering from severe dementia, had been forced to remain in the United Nations detention facility in The Hague after he was found unfit to stand trial in 2023 as no country was willing to take him in, prolonging the case against him.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 May 2026
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Paxton, meanwhile, has sought to cast Cornyn as a creature of the Washington establishment, while Cornyn has attacked Paxton as unfit for office, pointing to his years of legal and political controversy, including his 2023 impeachment by the Texas House.—
Luke Fountain,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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Earn unlimited 2% cash rewards on purchases.—
Jason Stauffer,
CNBC,
25 May 2026
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An adviser to Becerra’s campaign, Michael Bustamante, said in April that Becerra would likely support an increase in the state’s production incentive, but would be wary of making the program unlimited, which could easily run into the billions of dollars.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
22 May 2026
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When the squad reported back to Kirkby five days after his death, the training complex was a scene of utter devastation.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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On their first two trips to the property, the enormity of the task at hand—and their utter naiveté in taking it on—sank in.—
Ingrid Abramovitch,
Architectural Digest,
22 May 2026
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Last month, Rodriguez-Singh was found incompetent to stand trial on a capital murder charge in her son’s death, and she will be sent to a state mental health facility until her competency is restored.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 May 2026
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She is set to appear June 2 in the same courtroom where a judge recently found that a man accused of stalking Jennifer Aniston was incompetent to stand trial.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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Williams, along with fellow recipient Genevieve Jones-Wright, founder and executive director of Community Advocates for Just and Moral Governance, will each receive an unrestricted $50,000 grant to advance their work.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2026
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No credit is given to any college with a negative or zero UNAEP, and full credit is given to any school whose unrestricted net assets to expenses ratio is 100% or greater.—
Matt Schifrin,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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This news also positions IBM right at the absolute center of the domestic deep-tech landscape.—
Jeff Kilburg,
CNBC,
22 May 2026
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The distinction is not absolute.—
Maia Niguel Hoskin,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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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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The venerable American clan at the center of the narrator’s reminiscences are wholly unfitted to the modern world and no longer endowed with the fortune that one of them brought home long ago on clipper ships.—
Daniel Akst,
WSJ,
2 Sep. 2022
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“Unqualified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unqualified. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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