disqualify
verb (used with object)
to deprive of qualification or fitness; render unfit; incapacitate.
has disqualified
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present perfectof disqualify (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He has appealed and has disqualified his lawyers, meaning he is claiming he did not get a fair trial.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2022
That environmental cost has disqualified it from the MWD rebate program.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2022
The European Tour has disqualified a player from this week’s English Championship before a ball is struck, after he breached Covid-19 protocols by visiting a restaurant near Hanbury Manor on Tuesday.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 5, 2020
Justice Kagan has disqualified herself from both pre-emption cases because she worked on them as United States solicitor general.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2010
"In that case," said Shemuel, "thy attention has disqualified me from judging in thy lawsuit."
From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various
