The experiment had not been an unqualified success.unqualifiedun‧qual‧i‧fied /ʌnˈkwɒlɪfaɪd $ -ˈkwɑː-/ adjective 
unqualified staffunqualified for He was unqualified for the job.unqualified to do something I feel unqualified to advise you. ► Do not confuse with disqualified (=officially not allowed to do something): She was disqualified from driving.2[usually before noun] used for emphasizing that a quality is complete and total: The experiment had not been an unqualified success. He gave her his unqualified support.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- unqualified teachers
- A qualified audit report, as opposed to an unqualified report, should leave the reader in no doubt as to its meaning and implications.
- Accountants Marks Bloom had audited the accounts and had issued an unqualified opinion on them.
- And in fact, the isolation and weakness of the radical milieu put a premium upon commitment to an unqualified Utopia.
- But would anyone unqualified be allowed to teach doctors or lawyers?
- The air campaign has not been an unqualified success in any of its missions.
- The kind of unqualified quantification illustrated by such examples, he might argue, does not really make clear sense.
- This changed the ratio of qualified to unqualified staff from 61:23 to 58:28.
- To this decision, the army leadership which had long ago forfeited its moral independence - gave its unqualified support.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The experiment had not been an unqualified success. He gave her his unqualified support.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
The experiment had not been an unqualified success. He gave her his unqualified support.· The air campaign has not been an unqualified success in any of its missions.· The experiment was not an unqualified success.· Their attack on the Centre LePen hadn't been an unqualified success, but Duroc was pleased with the loss of life.· Despite these benefits it is too early to pronounce fundholding an unqualified success.· It had not been an unqualified success.· Nor could the vaunted irrigation scheme be described as an unqualified success.
· To this decision, the army leadership which had long ago forfeited its moral independence - gave its unqualified support.
WORD FAMILYnounqualificationdisqualificationqualifieradjectivequalified ≠ unqualifieddisqualifiedverbqualifydisqualify
1not having the right knowledge, experience, or education to do something: unqualified staffunqualified for He was unqualified for the job.unqualified to do something I feel unqualified to advise you. ► Do not confuse with disqualified (=officially not allowed to do something): She was disqualified from driving.2[usually before noun] used for emphasizing that a quality is complete and total: The experiment had not been an unqualified success. He gave her his unqualified support.