Disqualify

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  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To render unqualified or unfit.
  • transitive verb. To declare unqualified or ineligible.
  • transitive verb. To deprive of legal rights, powers, or privileges.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To deprive of the necessary qualifications; deprive of natural or legal power, or the qualities or rights necessary for some purpose; disable; unfit: generally with for, sometimes with from: as, ill health disqualifies the body for labor and the mind for study; a conviction of perjury disqualifies a man for being a witness.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. 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.
  • transitive verb. To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive restriction; to disable; to debar legally.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To make ineligible for something, by the explicit revocation of a previous qualification.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. make unfit or unsuitable
  • verb. declare unfit
  • Word Usage
    ""The Republican requirements also disqualify from the program homeowners with an annual income of more than $250,000 from the program.""
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    qualify  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    alter  change  modify  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bar  bate  close out  debar  disable  
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