不ふ適てき格かく

also: ふてっかく

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Meanings

1

disqualification; unfitness; noncompliance

Refers to the state of not meeting required standards, rules, or qualifications, often in legal, official, or formal contexts.

彼かれは年ねん齢れい制せい限げんにより不ふ適てき格かくと判はん断だんされた。
He was judged disqualified due to the age limit.
この製せい品ひんは安あん全ぜん基き準じゅんに不ふ適てき格かくである。
This product is noncompliant with safety standards.

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Kanji

不negative, non-, bad
適suitable, occasional, rare
格status, rank, capacity

Related words

無む資し格かく
不適格 means unfit or ineligible for a role due to lacking required standards, whereas 無資格 focuses specifically on the absence of a formal qualification or license.

Don't confuse with

不ふ適てき切せつN2
不適切 means 'improper' for a given context, while 不適格 specifically means 'unqualified' or 'ineligible' due to lacking required qualifications, and the shared 不適 prefix can cause learners to mix them up.

Word family

既き存ぞん不ふ適てき格かく建けん築ちく物ぶつ
existing nonconforming building

Built from

不ふ+適てき格かく

Written forms

不適格
- ふてきかく
  Standard kanji spelling.
- ふてっかく
ふてっかく
Colloquial contracted reading; rarely written.

Etymology

Compound of 不 (fu, 'not') + 適格 (tekikaku, 'qualified, eligible'). The reading ふてっかく is a colloquial contraction.