disqualify
/dɪsˈkwɔləfaɪ/ verb B2- To make ineligible for something. · My age disqualifies me for the position.
- To exclude from consideration by the explicit revocation of a previous qualification. · The athlete was disqualified after performance-enhancing drugs were found in his hotel room.
He/she/it disqualifies · Past disqualified · Past participle disqualified · -ing form disqualifying
Verb forms
- Base form
- disqualify
- He/she/it
- disqualifies
- Past
- disqualified
- Past participle
- disqualified
- -ing form
- disqualifying
From the library
He said a few words to each candidate as he came up, and then he always managed to find some fault in them which would disqualify them.
I had a brother, but he is dead, and female relatives are disqualified.
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