unqualified
pronunciation
How to pronounce unqualified in British English:
UK [ˌʌnˈkwɒlɪfaɪd]
How to pronounce unqualified in American English:
US [ˌʌnˈkwɑlɪfaɪd]
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- Adjective:
- not limited or restricted
- not meeting the proper standards and requirements and training
- having no right or entitlement
- lacking specific legal qualifications
- lacking the necessary skill or knowledge etc.
Word Origin
- unqualified (adj.)
- 1550s, "not having necessary qualifications, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of qualify (v.). Meaning "not modified or limited" is recorded from 1796. As a verb, unqualify "disqualify" is from 1650s.
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Example
- 1. More recently , state media reported that several new dams along the yellow river are in danger of collapse , a situation attributed to shoddy construction practices , embezzlement and unqualified workers .
- 2. Recruiting experts say online job boards in china often attract a glut of unqualified candidates for well-known companies and none for smaller firms , while there are simply too many headhunters with varying degrees of credibility , making the market chaotic .
- 3. Food safety inspection authorities will expose the unqualified producers and relevant punishments through the media .
- 4. While a high score can win entry for a poor farmer 's son in remote gansu province to elite peking university , a lackluster score can relegate him to an underfunded backwater school with peeling paint and unqualified professors , or shut fast the doors to college entirely .
- 5. Over the weekend , shanghai 's official consumer watchdog agency ordered davinci to stop selling items bearing the label of the italian brand cappelletti , because of " fake ads " and " unqualified labels , " according to shanghai daily , the local english-language newspaper .