had been disqualifying

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of disqualify.
  disqualify

  verb (used with object)

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

Related Words

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