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underqualified

underqualified adjective: lacking the suitable qualifications for a particular job.

Adjective

underqualified (comparative more underqualified, superlative most underqualified)

  1. Lacking the suitable qualifications for a particular job.
    Antonyms:
    overqualified

Antonyms of underqualified

Forms of underqualified

comparativemore underqualified
superlativemost underqualified

Origin of underqualified

From under- + qualified.

Questions about underqualified

What does underqualified mean?
Underqualified means lacking the suitable qualifications for a particular job.
What part of speech is underqualified?
Underqualified is an adjective.

Words near underqualified in the dictionary

  1. underpushing
  2. underput
  3. underputs
  4. underputting
  5. underqualification
  6. underqualified
  7. underqueen
  8. underqueens
  9. underquotation
  10. underquotations
  11. underquote

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