How to Use unqualified in a Sentence

unqualified

adjective
  • It's a judgment that you are unqualified to make.
  • He is clearly unqualified for the job.
  • You have my unqualified support.
  • So from the start, your chances of getting it right have been sliced in half and the odds of settling for an unqualified USC alum have soared.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2019
  • In the eyes of many observers at the time, neither film was an unqualified success.
    NBC News, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Cain hopes that the state allows driving schools to take away the option for unqualified students to waive the road test.
    Christian Robles, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 June 2021
  • The Hutchins’ lawsuit alleged that Halls was unqualified to be handling the gun.
    Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Mr Trump’s recent nominees to the board of the Fed have for the most part been unqualified and eccentric.
    The Economist, 12 July 2019
  • Some players saw him as unqualified to coach a team of their caliber, Boronat said.
    Beatriz Ríos, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • In the legal proceedings, Pan Am, the defendant, had to prove that men were unqualified for the job.
    Washington Post, 13 May 2021
  • After just a week of effort, the unqualified answer was: quite a lot.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 26 Sep. 2020
  • About two-thirds were quickly tossed as unqualified or too far away.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2019
  • Just hire the best guy for the job instead of fabricating jobs for your unqualified friends.
    Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Jan. 2023
  • That commission deemed Symons unqualified for the bench in spring 2006.
    Michael Todd, The Mercury News, 24 June 2019
  • At the onset of the pandemic, the orchestra was in an unqualified good place.
    Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2020
  • But Kamala Harris thinks membership in the Knights of Columbus makes a man unqualified to be a judge.
    Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Germain Ifedi, who has pretty much been an unqualified bust since the Seahawks drafted him in the first round five years ago, will man the right side.
    Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Disney has suffered a rocky year at the box office, capped by recent bust The Marvels, and could have used an unqualified win.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The last unqualified success was more than 35 years ago, when the Soviet Union was still intact.
    Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2023
  • Web copy is often the last step, and a lot of businesses outsource it to unqualified freelancers.
    Marc Hardgrove, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Yet many American women do not have the unqualified right to vote.
    National Geographic, 7 Aug. 2020
  • On all sides there is nothing but unqualified praise for the picture, praise which mounts into a pitch of hysteria.
    Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Gilbert didn’t take that lack of pursuit as an unqualified vote of confidence.
    David Moore, Dallas News, 28 July 2021
  • But the decision was hardly an unqualified show of support: In a statement, the group said that Mr. Stringer had held on to its endorsement by just one vote.
    New York Times, 10 May 2021
  • With viewership up 70 percent year-over-year last season, the show has been an unqualified hit.
    Jenny Comita, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The picture painted in the media is of a horrified, unqualified yes.
    Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 10 Jan. 2023
  • In such a scenario, the lines of conflict gain new clarity, the abuses more unqualified horror.
    Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Here’s how Holmes’ seemingly unqualified partner came to be one of the top dogs at Theranos.
    Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Listen to this article By all appearances, the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics have been an unqualified success.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Today, once again the lives of women have been hijacked by unauthorized and unqualified people who have no authority regarding the health-care rights of women.
    arkansasonline.com, 29 June 2024

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