Meaning of DISQUALIFY
| Pronunciation: | | dis'kwâlu`fI
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- [v] make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you"
- [v] declare unfit; "She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete"
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| | Synonyms: | | indispose, unfit |
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| | Antonyms: | | dispose, qualify, qualify | | |
| | See Also: | | alter, change, disbar, judge, label, pronounce, recuse | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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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