1681 Eng. Bought & Sold 9 Would you think, that Cakes and Ale, and roast Beef should be such dangerous unqualifying things in an Election?

1682 H. Maurice Vindic. Primitive Church v. 213 Surely there must be a great want of able men, when a person under that, and several other unqualifying circumstances should be forc'd into a Bishoprick.

1711 Examiner 8 Feb. 1/1 The most unqualifying Circumstances for any Employment, where Bribery and Corruption can possibly enter.

1717 T. Parnell Remarks Zoilus in Homer's Battle Frogs & Rats sig. F This is an unqualifying Speech, which affords his Friends just Grounds of Exception against the Critick.

1786 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 738/2 You assert, with your unqualifying temerity, that Mr. Henderson ‘never would have been educated at Oxford, had it not been for the generosity of Dr. T’.

1808 J. Milner Inq. into Vulgar Opinions conc. Catholic Inhabitants Ireland vii. 45 Do not fancy that I am the blind and unqualifying panegyrist of the Irish.

1888 L. Vanderpoole tr. Princess Nourmahal 270 ‘I am sure you never meant to wrong me..,’ she said, with all of the unqualifying generosity of true womanhood.

1932 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 32 698/2 Four states reported closing unqualifying schools.

1946 Antioch Rev. 6 532 An utterly unqualifying ‘I-love-America’ audience.

2011 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 19 Dec. 2 The FSA said it would introduce transitional arrangements, allowing unqualifying homeowners to remortgage as long as they have a good repayment history.

1841 S. Warren Ten Thousand a Year v. i Unqualifyingly submitting to every one of the requisitions.

1887 Glasgow Herald 19 Nov. 3/3 The defenders expressing their regret that the article complained of had been interpreted as importing serious allegations against the pursuer's character..unqualifyingly withdrew the article.

1987 Toronto Star (Nexis) 31 July e16 Bold and unqualifyingly critical, the film takes direct aim at China's inherent and often officially sponsored distrust of foreigners.