different between unqualified vs categorical

English

Etymology

un- +? qualified.

Adjective

unqualified (comparative more unqualified, superlative most unqualified)

1. Not qualified, ineligible, unfit for a position or task.

   Synonyms: ineligible, nonqualified

   Antonyms: competent, eligible, qualified

2. Not elaborated upon, or not accompanied by restrictions or qualification; undescribed.

   Synonym: undescribed

   Antonyms: described, qualified

3. Outright; thorough; utter.
   • 1857, Irish Literary Gazette

     Gibson is an unqualified fool, and only fit to mix with beasts of the same calibre; […]

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /?kæt??????k(?)l/

Adjective

categorical (comparative more categorical, superlative most categorical)

1. Absolute; having no exception.
   • 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 74:

     Daytime interests are clearly not such far-reaching psychical sources of dreams as might have been expected from the categorical assertions that everyone continues to carry on his daily business in his dreams.

2. Of, pertaining to, or using a category or categories.

Synonyms

• (absolute; having no exception): absolute, categoric, unconditional

Antonyms

• (absolute; having no exception): exceptional, conditional, hypothetical, relative

Derived terms

• acategorical
• categorical imperative
• categoricalness

Related terms

• categoricity

Translations

Noun

categorical (plural categoricals)

1. (logic) A categorical proposition.