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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That environmental cost has disqualified it from the MWD rebate program.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2022
The Premier League has disqualified Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich as a director of the club after the oligarch was sanctioned by the UK government.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2022
Patients started waiting as long as two weeks for an appointment, doctors said, a delay that has disqualified many who otherwise would have been able to access abortion.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 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
I tell myself this, the education I gave him has disqualified him for hard work and practical life….
From The Aspirations of Jean Servien by Anatole France
