Meaning of DISQUALIFICATION
| Pronunciation: | | dis`kwâlufu'keyshun
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- [n] the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified
- [n] unfitness that bars you from participation
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| | See Also: | | bar, prevention, recusal, recusation, unfitness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dis*qual`i*fi*ca"tion\, n.
1. The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified;
want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the
disqualification of men for holding certain offices.
2. That which disqualifies; that which incapacitates or makes
unfit; as, conviction of crime is a disqualification of a
person for office; sickness is a disqualification for
labor.
I must still retain the consciousness of those
disqualifications which you have been pleased to
overlook. --Sir J.
Shore.
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| | Related Terms: | | ad lib, disability, disablement, extemporaneousness, imbecility, improvisation, inability, inadequacy, incapability, incapacitation, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, inefficiency, ineptitude, infancy, inferiority, insufficiency, lack of preparation, legal incapacity, minority, nonpreparation, nonpreparedness, planlessness, unfitness, unfittedness, unpreparedness, unqualification, unqualifiedness, unreadiness, unsuitability, unsuitableness, unsuitedness, vulnerability, wardship |
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