'qualified criticism' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to express criticism that has been made with one's qualifications taken into account. For example, "The qualified criticism of the mayor's policies on education have rightly been taken into account when forming the new school system."
And after years of what Cuban has deemed a "love-hate" relationship between the two billionaires -- and all these months of partial praise and qualified criticism -- Cuban is willing to call Trump's run for the White House as he sees it: "the 'Seinfeld' candidacy".
Mr Romney gave a qualified criticism of that decision, saying marriage laws should only be altered by a vote of the people, and sought to build support for a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
Almost every boast was qualified, every criticism carefully tempered.
Rather than chastise Fàbregas, his captain, the Arsenal manager, Arsène Wenger, qualified the criticism.
Osborne qualified his criticism of Corbyn's Labour as the party of wreckers by warning the Tories that they must not become complacent.
He said the idea would increase excitement and boost football participation and finances in those countries that qualified, rejecting criticism of the fact that 16 teams would have to fly home after just one match.
Pelosi qualified that criticism on Thursday, noting that she respects the work the CIA is doing.
Just to qualify my criticism of your criticism, you made similar comments regarding "Supernatural" and there I pretty much agree with you.
In describing some of the risky tactics employed by firefighters at the scene, the investigators were careful to qualify their criticism, saying that the culture of the department was rich with a kind of "can-do" attitude, according to people who are aware of the findings.
Meanwhile, a proper understanding of the basic mechanism by which threat information exerts its influence on fear (i.e., associative learning), and an acknowledgment of the fact that this type of learning is so frequently occurring during the development of youth, may qualify this criticism.
Pearson is unflinchingly accurate about relationships between mothers and nannies - controlled jealousy, suppressed criticism, qualified gratitude.
