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adjective

Definition of disqualifiednext
as in ineligible

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disqualified

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verb

past tense of disqualify
as in invalidated

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disqualified
  1. ineligible
  2. invalidated
  3. unable
  4. nullified
  5. incapable
  6. unfit
  7. incompetent
Adjective
  • States must audit their voter rolls and remove anyone who is ineligible, which includes immigrants in the country illegally.
    Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Downgrades to junk from two of Boeing’s three major credit graders would leave much of its $52 billion of outstanding long-term debt ineligible for inclusion in investment-grade indexes.
    Caleb Mutua, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of ineligible
Verb
  • The rules that Cox invalidated include three that had gotten a lot of attention – one that requires that the number of ballots be hand-counted after the close of polls and two that had to do with the certification of election results.
    Kate Brumback, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The rules that Cox invalidated include three that had gotten a lot of attention — one that requires that the number of ballots be hand-counted after the close of polls and two that had to do with the certification of election results.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of invalidated
Adjective
  • Previous leaders who have been faced with ICC arrest warrants have experienced limitations on their ability to travel, unable to pass through countries legally obliged to arrest them.
    Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The commission had planned to make a recommendation to the City Council about the police pilot program but was unable to by the end of the two-hour meeting.
    Serena Lin, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of unable
Verb
  • And in the fourth, his miss against Tennessee was nullified because the Titans jumped offsides.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
  • At least $250 million in fees have been nullified over the past 55 years, per the trade group representing managers in the entertainment industry.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of nullified
Adjective
  • Ludwig Kaiser Sheamus and Ludwig Kaiser are incapable of having a bad match.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Andrew Garfield is incapable of giving a meaningless expression.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of incapable
Adjective
  • In my view, Trump is grossly unfit to be president, in both mind and character — especially the latter.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The former Trump employee, who has a Harvard Law School degree, has campaigned against Trump during the election, branding him unfit for office.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of unfit
Adjective
  • Lindsey, the initial lead prosecutor on the Morphew case, testified against Stanley during a two-week disciplinary hearing in June, portraying her as an incompetent and disengaged leader.
    Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 4 Nov. 2024
  • In this light The Favourite, a satire about an incompetent female ruler, is greeted very differently.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of incompetent
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