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.
  • On that score, the spinoff is an unqualified win.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 14 May 2026
  • About two-thirds were quickly tossed as unqualified or too far away.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2019
  • That does not mean every sleep coach is unqualified.
    — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 4 June 2026
  • But he's proven to be just as capable a grifter any of his wealthy and unqualified peers.
    — Luke Darby, GQ, 7 Apr. 2018
  • Some have backed the move to remove unqualified drivers who can’t read road signs.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
  • This man is unqualified, he's abused the powers of that office.
    — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
  • In the eyes of many observers at the time, neither film was an unqualified success.
    — NBC News, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Trade shows and print ads brought in a trickle of interest, but most of those leads were unqualified.
    — Jonathan Durante, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The last point is something everyone, right or left, can agree is an unqualified good.
    — Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Some players saw him as unqualified to coach a team of their caliber, Boronat said.
    — Beatriz Ríos, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • And given how abysmally run the country has been over much of the past decade, that’s unqualified good news.
    — Ian Bremmer, Time, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Gilbert didn’t take that lack of pursuit as an unqualified vote of confidence.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 28 July 2021
  • So Hall was deemed unqualified.
    — David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
  • From there, the top two competitors in each event and the top eight unqualified times from around the state advance to the state meet.
    — Jack Marrion, Houston Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Just hire the best guy for the job instead of fabricating jobs for your unqualified friends.
    — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • Bondi and Noem aren’t just unqualified villains shown the door.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Yet many American women do not have the unqualified right to vote.
    — National Geographic, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Half an hour more of this splendid confusion and our lion hunt would be a complete and unqualified bust.
    — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Kennedy replaced them with members whom critics have called unqualified.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 6 May 2026
  • Kennedy replaced them with members whom critics have called unqualified.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
  • For Democrats, that makes a person evil and unqualified to hold public office.
    — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The fact that the mission was far from an unqualified success does not detract from its importance.
    — Daniel Thomas Potts, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Web copy is often the last step, and a lot of businesses outsource it to unqualified freelancers.
    — Marc Hardgrove, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • Napier was an unqualified Sun Belt coach.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The risk isn't just that an unqualified candidate advances.
    — Casey Marquette, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

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