Disqualify

  • 11disqualify — dis|qual|i|fy [ dıs kwalı,faı ] verb transitive often passive to not allow someone to do something because they have committed an offense: disqualify someone from doing something: He was disqualified from voting because he did not satisfy the… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 12disqualify — [[t]dɪskwɒ̱lɪfaɪ[/t]] disqualifies, disqualifying, disqualified VERB When someone is disqualified, they are officially stopped from taking part in a particular event, activity, or competition, usually because they have done something wrong. [be V …

    English dictionary

  • 13disqualify as an attorney — index disbar Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 14disqualify — transitive verb Date: 1712 1. to deprive of the required qualities, properties, or conditions ; make unfit 2. to deprive of a power, right, or privilege 3. to make ineligible for a prize or for further competition because of violations of the… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 15disqualify — disqualifiable, adj. /dis kwol euh fuy /, v.t., disqualified, disqualifying. 1. to deprive of qualification or fitness; render unfit; incapacitate. 2. to deprive of legal, official, or other rights or privileges; declare ineligible or unqualified …

    Universalium

  • 16disqualify — verb To make ineligible for something, by the explicit revocation of a previous qualification. See Also: disqualification …

    Wiktionary

  • 17disqualify — Synonyms and related words: bar, bate, close out, debar, disable, disenable, eliminate, except, exclude, incapacitate, invalidate, make impossible, prohibit, reject, rule out, suspend, turn away, turn down, unfit …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 18disqualify — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. disable, unfit, incapacitate, disfranchise. See impotence. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To disable] Syn. incapacitate, invalidate, disenable, rule out; see weaken 2 . 2. [To debar] Syn. preclude,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 19disqualify — dis·qual·i·fy || dɪs kwÉ’lɪfaɪ v. make unfit; deny, deprive of official status; declare ineligible …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 20disqualify — verb (disqualifies, disqualifying, disqualified) pronounce (someone) ineligible for an office or activity because of an offence or infringement. ↘(of a characteristic) make (someone) unsuitable for an office or activity. Derivatives… …

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