disqualify
verb (used with object)
to deprive of qualification or fitness; render unfit; incapacitate.
have disqualified
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present perfectof disqualify.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 said he would advocate that future Fed presidents be required to have lived in their districts for at least three years—a rule that would have disqualified several sitting presidents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
The federal program requires that businesses have five or fewer employees, which may have disqualified some owners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024
The improper ethical review of the study is an “absolute scandal” that should have disqualified the authors from ever conducting more research, Molimard says: “I am extremely shocked that this paper has not been retracted.”
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 20, 2024
Allen, whose suspension would have disqualified him for the entire season, returned to the team in mid-August.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
At that point, the commissioner could have disqualified the entire Epiphany team—and maybe would have—except that he was rendered speechless.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
