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3 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
disqualify \dis*qual"i*fy\ (d[i^]s*kw[o^]l"[i^]*f[imac]), verb (used with an object)
[imp. & p. p. {Disqualified} (d[i^]s*kw[o^]l"[i^]*f[imac]d);
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
disqualify
verb
1: make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you"
[syn: {unfit}, {indispose}] [ant: {qualify}]
2: declare unfit; "She was disqualified for the Olympics
because she was a professional athlete" [ant: {qualify}]
[also: {disqualified}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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