unqualified

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ʌnˈkwɑləˌfaɪd/ UK /ʌnˈkwɒlɪfaɪd/ See IPA manual

adj

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1

adj
lacking required qualifications; or complete and absolute

The plan met with their unqualified approval.

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Synonyms

1 adj · lacking required... unfit ineligible incompetent inexperienced absolute outright total

Opposites

qualified competent eligible conditional

Word family

Forms unqualifiedly

Derived forms unqualifiedly

Related forms qualify qualified qualification

Etymology

From un- ('not') + qualified, from qualify, from Medieval Latin qualificare ('to attribute a quality to'), from Latin qualis ('of what kind') + facere ('to make').

un- Old English qualis Latin

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# unqualified

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ʌnˈkwɑləˌfaɪd
**IPA (UK):** ʌnˈkwɒlɪfaɪd

## Meanings
1. lacking required qualifications; or complete and absolute

## Examples
- The plan met with their unqualified approval.

## Synonyms
- unfit
- ineligible
- incompetent
- inexperienced
- absolute
- outright
- total

## Antonyms
- qualified
- competent
- eligible
- conditional

## Derived Forms
- unqualifiedly

## Related Forms
- qualify
- qualified
- qualification

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: un-
- Root: qualis

## Etymology
From un- ('not') + qualified, from qualify, from Medieval Latin qualificare ('to attribute a quality to'), from Latin qualis ('of what kind') + facere ('to make').

## AI Etymology
Unqualified comes from un- ('not') + qualified, from qualify, from Medieval Latin qualificare ('to attribute a quality to'), from Latin qualis ('of what kind') + facere ('to make'). The prefix supplies the first semantic turn, while the base carries the lexical core of the word. As an adjective, it carries the sense "lacking required qualifications; or complete and absolute", with the older formation still helping explain the modern use. Relevant historical forms include Old English un- and Latin qualis. Derivative forms include unqualifiedly; related words include qualify, qualified, qualification.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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