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unqualified

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un·qual·i·fied  (n-kwl-fd)
adj.
1. Lacking the proper or required qualifications: unqualified for the job.
2. Not modified by conditions or reservations; absolute: an unqualified refusal.

un·quali·fiedly adv.

unqualified
Adjective
1. lacking the necessary qualifications
2. having no conditions or limitations: an unqualified denial
3. total or complete: unqualified admiration
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unqualified - not limited or restricted; "an unqualified denial"
unconditional, unconditioned - not conditional; "unconditional surrender"
unmodified - not changed in form or character
qualified - limited or restricted; not absolute; "gave only qualified approval"
2.unqualifiedunqualified - not meeting the proper standards and requirements and training
incompetent - not qualified or suited for a purpose; "an incompetent secret service"; "the filming was hopeless incompetent"
ineligible - not eligible; "ineligible to vote"; "ineligible for retirement benefits"
qualified - meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task; "many qualified applicants for the job"
3.unqualified - legally not qualified or sufficient; "a wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband"; "incompetent witnesses"
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
4.unqualified - having no right or entitlement; "a distinction to which he was unentitled"
ineligible - not eligible; "ineligible to vote"; "ineligible for retirement benefits"

unqualified
adjective 1. unfit, incapable, incompetent, not up to, unprepared, ineligible, ill-equipped, not equal to
adjective 2. unconditional, complete, total, absolute, utter, outright, thorough, downright, consummate, unrestricted, out-and-out, categorical, unmitigated, unreserved, thoroughgoing, without reservation, arrant, deep-dyed (usually derogatory)
Translations
Spanish unqualified [ʌnˈkwɔlɪfaɪd] adjsin título, no cualificado; [success] → total, incondicional
French unqualified [ʌnˈkwɔlɪfaɪd] adj [teacher] → non diplômé(e)sans titres; [success] → sans réserve, total(e); [disaster] → total(e)
German unqualified [ʌnˈkwɔlɪfaɪd] adjunqualifiziert; [disaster, success] → vollkommen
Italian unqualified [ʌnˈkwɔlɪfaɪd] adj [worker] → non qualificato/a;
(in professions) → non abilitato/a; [success] → assoluto/a, senza riserve

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Those things, moreover, are 'simultaneous' in the unqualified sense of the word which come into being at the same time.
If we look into the constitutions of the several States, we find that, notwithstanding the emphatical and, in some instances, the unqualified terms in which this axiom has been laid down, there is not a single instance in which the several departments of power have been kept absolutely separate and distinct.
Pontellier learned of his wife's intention to abandon her home and take up her residence elsewhere, he immediately wrote her a letter of unqualified disapproval and remonstrance.
 
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