disqualify
verb (used with object)
to deprive of qualification or fitness; render unfit; incapacitate.
have been disqualifying
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present perfect progressiveof disqualify.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Graham Platner surged in the Maine Senate primary polls when voters learned of a past that would once have been disqualifying.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
He argued that evidence of plagiarism should have been disqualifying for a senior government official.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2019
Some experts said that the evolving disclosures might have been disqualifying for another person and that it could explain the delay in granting Kushner a clearance.
From Washington Post ● May 23, 2018
I’m old enough to remember when that would have been disqualifying.
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2017
In any normal year, such a volatile package would have been disqualifying.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2016
