1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ xvi. 261 If their minde be to admit all that come not under those qualifications (I should think them rather unqualifications).

1689 Bp. G. Burnet Protestant Precedent 15 in Coll. Papers Here was a Prince, the unquestion'd Inheritor of the Crown of France..opposed and denied his Accession to the Throne, for no other Unqualifications, but be[ing] a Hugonot.

1691 H. Maydman Naval Speculations 68 But if to the other Unqualifications, he be fraughted with ill Temper..such a Man is put in the fair Rode to do exceeding great damages to the Affair.

1702 Let. 8 Dec. in Hist. Coll. Amer. Colonial Church 73 How contemnibly will they look upon me as not knowing how to make a right judgement of men which I assure you is reckoned a great unqualification for business.

1708 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 106 He..express't his unqualification for y^e Place.

1840 Shakesperian Gallery 20 June 98/5 Utter unqualification with baser matter.

1881 Proc. 3rd Ann. Meeting N.Y. State Pharmaceut. Assoc. 51 He carelessly sold some extract of belladonna for extract of dandelion... That was not carelessness, but it was from his utter unqualification to handle anything of the kind.

1908 Harper Hosp. Bull. Aug. 264 If..recovery of the patient was to be at all assured, cooperation on the part of the nurse was imperative; ignorance and unqualification could never accomplish this.

1981 Amer. Bar Found. Res. Jrnl. 6 397 I had not qualified as a barrister or solicitor. To the barristers' clerks this ‘unqualification’ made me acceptable, less threatening.

1991 Washington Post 12 July a19/5 They say she is unqualified. The basis of her unqualification? The charge that she does not have the required academic credentials is a phony.