disqualify

American  

[dis-kwol-uh-fahy] / dɪsˈkwɒl əˌfaɪ /

verb (used with object)

disqualified, disqualifying

1. to deprive of qualification or fitness; render unfit; incapacitate.

2. to deprive of legal, official, or other rights or privileges; declare ineligible or unqualified.

3. Sports. to deprive of the right to participate in or win a contest because of a violation of the rules.

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disqualify British  

/ dɪsˈkwɒlɪˌfaɪ /

verb

1. to make unfit or unqualified

2. to make ineligible, as for entry to an examination

3. to debar (a player or team) from a sporting contest

4. to divest or deprive of rights, powers, or privileges

   disqualified from driving

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Other Word Forms

• disqualifiable adjective
• disqualification noun
• disqualifier noun
• nondisqualifying adjective
• undisqualifiable adjective
• undisqualified adjective

Etymology

Origin of disqualify

First recorded in 1710–20; dis- ¹ + qualify

Example Sentences

Later in the Games, Austria's Daniel Tschofenig was disqualified from the men's large hill individual event for wearing oversized boots - that were just four millimetres larger than the rules permitted.

From BBC

The court “finds no grounds to disqualify or recuse itself.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Austrian ski jumper Daniel Tschofenig said he felt "extremely stupid" after being disqualified from the men's large hill individual event for wearing oversized boots.

From BBC

After two days of discussions in which Heraskevych refused to back down, it was confirmed on Thursday morning that he had been disqualified.

From BBC

Ukrainians were outraged Thursday by a decision from the International Olympic Committee to disqualify their skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych from the Winter Olympics over his helmet honouring killed athletes.

From Barron's

Related Words

• bar
• exclude
• invalidate
• preclude
• prohibit
• rule out
• suspend