disqualify

Verb

Meaning

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.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

unfit indispose bate prevent cripple except remove bar beat ban eliminate reject deny refuse disabled
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Antonyms

qualify take provide rate allow accept
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Hypernyms

change judge label alter modify pronounce

Hyponyms

disbar recuse

Related terms

disqualification

Derivatives

disqualified disqualifying

Examples

I think sometimes when I go to make a move on something, people try to disqualify any talent that I have or any hard work that I've done. Gabrielle Reece

Your income disqualifies you Source: Internet

She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete Source: Internet

“As a general rule, the free exercise clause prohibits laws that disqualify religious entities, because of their religious character, from generally available public benefits.” Source: Internet

“But it is thin ice, because this is what Andrej Babiš won elections on in the Czech Republic, despite a scandal that would disqualify him from any political career in a standard western democracy,” Baboš noted. Source: Internet

Despite a recent Supreme Court ruling that state support for non-public education “cannot disqualify some private schools solely because they are religious”, there remain many legal obstacles to Catholic schools receiving government support. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

disqualification from voting disqualified disqualifier disqualifying disquantity disquette