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unqualified

unqualified

7 4.4
Complete praise or support given without any doubt
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈkwɒlɪfaɪd/
  • Formal
translation icon : sin reservas
  • You have my unqualified admiration, Mrs. Fraser.
  • an unqualified success
  • an unqualified opinion
  • an unqualified endorsement

And and this conferred on them a a real goodness, a warrior status and, you know, and an unqualified rightness.

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Examples

  • I beg to offer an unqualified apology.

  • On the one hand, Barack Obama has pledged his unqualified support for Roe v. Wade.

    Blog text (13)
  • I call that an unqualified success.

  • That I shall accept with unqualified pleasure.

  • I should say an unqualified success.

  • Baltimore officials regard their system, which has been operating since January 1996, as an unqualified success.

    Academic text (1997)
  • India's commitment to the protection and promotion of human rights is total and unqualified.

    Academic text (1995)
  • It is an unqualified masterpiece of design.

  • The critics gave the film an unqualified thumbs up, praising every aspect of it.

  • His unqualified endorsement of the product led to a significant increase in sales.

Antonyms

79 4.6

Not fully complete because of limits or conditions

18 3.9

Limited so only certain people can see or use it

How Absolute

absolute
204 3.9
unqualified
  • Formal
7 4.4
qualified
79 4.6

Surface Forms

unqualified positive
unqualifier comparative
unqualifiest superlative

Morphology

unqualified = qualified (semi-transparent) = un + qualify + ed

Built by negating 'qualified', but the sense 'without reservation' is a specialized, idiomatic extension that can be confused with 'not having qualifications', so inference from the base is not fully straightforward.

Etymology

Unqualified also comes from un- 'not' plus qualification, a 'condition' or 'limit' on a statement or praise. So an unqualified statement has 'no limits' and means full, complete praise or a plain denial.