Definition of disqualify Disqualify

/dɪskwɑˈlʌfajˌ/ - [diskwalufay] - dis•qual•i•fy

We found 8 definitions of disqualify from 6 different sources.

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What does disqualify mean?

WordNet

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Verb

disqualifies, disqualifying, disqualified  

disqualify - declare unfit; "She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete"
  qualify make more specific; "qualify these remarks"
  pronounce, judge, label pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"
  recuse challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law
  disbar remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law by official action; "The corrupt lawyer was disbarred"
disqualify - make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you"
  unfit, indispose
  dispose, qualify make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief; "Their language inclines us to believe them"
  modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • disqualify (v. t.)
    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.
  • disqualify (v. t.)
    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.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • disqualify
    To put out of a competition for breaking rules.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • disqualify
    dis-kwol′i-fī, v.t. to deprive of the qualities necessary for any purpose: to make unfit: to disable.—n. Disqualificā′tion, state of being disqualified: anything that disqualifies or incapacitates

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  • disqualify, verb, present, 1st person singular of disqualify (infinitive).
  • disqualify, verb (infinitive).

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