not limited or restricted; "an unqualified denial"
Used in a Sentence
unqualified
How to use unqualified in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for unqualified.
Editorial note
That's the question and I am unqualified to answer.
Examples13
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
not limited or restricted; "an unqualified denial"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of unqualified gathered in one view.
not meeting the proper standards and requirements and training
legally not qualified or sufficient; "a wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband"; "incompetent witnesses"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for unqualified.
adjective
not limited or restricted; "an unqualified denial"
adjective
not meeting the proper standards and requirements and training
adjective
legally not qualified or sufficient; "a wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband"; "incompetent witnesses"
See also: incompetent
adjective
having no right or entitlement; "a distinction to which he was unentitled"
See also: unentitled
Example sentences
That's the question and I am unqualified to answer.
Yes, less of that and more unqualified positive gushing, please.
Many years ago, I applied for a Google job that I was totally unqualified for.
If you would say I'm unqualified to drive a ford because I've been driving toyotas, you'd be laughed at, wouldn't you?
Could you please state your position instead of simply mentioning that other people are unqualified to do so?
Though I speak from a probably utterly uninformed + unqualified standpoint, this raises a few points for me:-1.
In fact not to put words in his mouth, but I think he would agree with my opinion that you can not master something as broad and unqualified as "software development".
> "quality content with a focus on... anything that appeals to the inquisitive mind"This is a source of a lot of uncivil behavior on HN. Startup founders/tech geeks are intellectually interested in a lot of topics but unqualified to discuss them in any detail.
Decision making by committee leads to a lot of really mediocre decisions--like keeping a co-founder as CTO despite being unqualified for the job!This decision-by-committee dynamic happened early on in my current startup.
You pretty much just made up a strawman and beat the bejesus out of it for no reason...I'll be the first to call out unqualified gushing, but if that's what we're calling a factual account of a company paying back a loan I simply have to disagree with you.
The problem with the typical tech recruiter is that they feel their job is to screen out unqualified candidates, but they do not understand technology well enough to understand the candidates, and thus they end up using completely arbitrary criteria.
I'm a huge advocate of going the extra mile to help out a customer, but I could easily imagine a story where a company wasn't able to focus on its profitable customers because it was so inundated with supporting unqualified users that it didn't have the time and resources to close a $10M sale.
The author is already extremely successful, and not only in his career: " and at 40 hadnt accomplished much other than finding a good woman who was foolish enough to marry me, and somehow managed to have two wonderful children that I was vastly unqualified to have fathered"So all he needs to enjoy the spoils of his success is to change his point of view.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use unqualified in a sentence?
That's the question and I am unqualified to answer.
What does unqualified mean?
not limited or restricted; "an unqualified denial"
What part of speech is unqualified?
unqualified is commonly used as adjective.