disqualify
verb (used with object)
to deprive of qualification or fitness; render unfit; incapacitate.
disqualified
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past participleof disqualify.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof disqualify.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
disqualifyverb (used with object)to deprive of qualification or fitness; render unfit; incapacitate.
Example Sentences
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Seabright previously disqualified Essayli as acting U.S. attorney in October, finding he was “not lawfully serving” in the top role.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
When quizzed by the organisers, the miscreants confessed that they had sanded them into a better shape - and were duly disqualified.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
District Judge J. Michael Seabright disqualified Essayli as acting U.S. attorney last October, finding he was “not lawfully serving” in the top role.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
It stated that winning countries will also be disqualified from hosting if a "sensitive geopolitical situation" affects the "security, safety or stability of their state or immediate region".
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Exhibit was promptly disqualified, and the stewards scheduled a meeting to determine if Pollard would have to serve a suspension for the incident.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
