disqualify
verb (used with object)
to deprive of qualification or fitness; render unfit; incapacitate.
is disqualifying
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present progressiveof disqualify (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Some law enforcement groups have told lawmakers that Mangi’s work as an advisory board member for the Alliance of Families for Justice is disqualifying.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
“That is disqualifying and then some,” Mr. McConnell said.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
But her opponents say her affiliation with the activist group Earth First in the 1980s is disqualifying.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2021
In Silicon Valley, a necktie is disqualifying; an informal photograph of Sloan would be one in which he’s wearing an impeccably tailored suit and tie but not a vest.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 24, 2014
The boy who gets into that habit is disqualifying himself for the battle of life, in which promptness, accuracy and energy are the prime requisites to success.
From Healthful Sports for Boys by Alfred Rochefort
