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unqualified.

Adjective
Formal
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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  • unqualified support
  • unqualified success

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The committee offered unqualified support for the principle.

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unqualified

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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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