About The Word Disqualify

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Disqualify

Disqualify Meaning & Definition
Disqualify Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Disqualify?

[v] make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you"
[v] declare unfit; "She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Disqualify: indispose | unfit

Related Terms | Find terms related to Disqualify: bar | bate | close out | debar | disable | disenable | eliminate | except | exclude | incapacitate | invalidate | make impossible | prohibit | reject | rule out | suspend | turn away | turn down | unfit

See Also | alter | change | disbar | judge | label | pronounce | recuse

Disqualify In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*qual"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disqualified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disqualifying}.] 1. To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for or from before the purpose, state, or act. My common illness disqualifies me for all conversation; I mean my deafness. --Swift. Me are not disqualified by their engagements in trade from being received in high society. --Southey. 2. To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as, a conviction of perjury disqualifies a man to be a witness.

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