as in doubt
an uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do
she has no qualms about downloading pirated music files from the Internet
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Recent Examples of qualm
No qualms about booting goal-kicks upfield, aiming for Dominic Solanke and Richarlison up front.
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Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 9 May 2025
Ready or not, thin is back in—and people have no qualms talking about it
May 3, 2025
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A new type of influencer is gaining popularity on TikTok.
—Gracie Wiener, Air Mail, 3 May 2025
Whereas Biden was highly reluctant to push Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy into negotiations, Trump has no qualms with using the bully pulpit and the stick to force the Ukrainians to cooperate.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
Other Trump appointees have no qualms about being seen as partisan attack dogs.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
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Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 9 May 2025
Ready or not, thin is back in—and people have no qualms talking about it
May 3, 2025
Reading Time: 6 minutes
A new type of influencer is gaining popularity on TikTok.
—Gracie Wiener, Air Mail, 3 May 2025
Whereas Biden was highly reluctant to push Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy into negotiations, Trump has no qualms with using the bully pulpit and the stick to force the Ukrainians to cooperate.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
Other Trump appointees have no qualms about being seen as partisan attack dogs.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for qualm
Noun
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There were doubts Florida would ever consistently make the playoffs, let alone be annual Stanley Cup contenders.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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While some states, including Mississippi, have backed calls to divest public pensions from China, the southern state’s most recent asset disclosures cast some doubt over its commitment to doing so.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Several Republicans have already expressed objections to the legislation as approved by the House.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 June 2025
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Product joined to hear objections directly from the field.—
Aaron Biggs,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
Noun
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His ability to write across the ensemble turns the family into an unforgettable organism, pulsing with sadness and regret and a small, late-breaking surge of scrappy resilience.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
7 June 2025
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But with time, the actor has learned to communicate decades of regret and the darkest emotional headspace with barely a flicker of his face.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2025
Noun
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Even before he was elected president in 1998, Chávez had no compunction about breaking political norms and polarizing the country.—
DARON ACEMOGLU,
Foreign Affairs,
15 June 2020
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Notably, a factor behind the coup attempt was compunction about the granting of limited self-governance to Catalonia and the Basque country, which some members of the military feared was a prelude to the breakup of Spain.—
Omar G. Encarnación,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Dec. 2023
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“Qualm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/qualm. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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