MEANING
1. Complete and expressed without exceptions or conditions.
2. Not having the skills, experience, or credentials needed for a role.
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Words that belong together
- unqualified support
- unqualified success
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The committee offered unqualified support for the principle.
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Word forms
- Base
- unqualified
Usage notes
Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Normally non-gradable in the unrestricted sense. Use lacking qualifications for competence; no routine comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.
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