Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unqualify

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-qual-i-fy
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Transitive verb

verb

To remove some qualification or specialization from.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"the French, who rejoice in these changes, and by the fall of our credit, which unqualifies us for carrying on the war"
"When a global MODULE'S wares are imported, the FROM phrase can be used to unqualify the names."

Etymology

From un- + qualify.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

unqualifies (present, singular) unqualifying (participle, present) unqualified (participle, past) unqualified (past)

Derived Forms

unqualifiability unqualifyingly

Frequently Paired Words

unqualification

Questions

What does unqualify mean?: To disqualify.
Where does unqualify come from?: From un- + qualify.

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