Etymology

unqualified

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Today it means: Not qualified: ineligible; unfit for a position or task. Full definition →

English qualified ← Middle English un- ← Old English un-
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unqualified · adjective1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishqualified
  9. English todayunqualified

From un- + qualified.

unqualified · verb2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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