How to Use disqualify in a Sentence

disqualify

verb

• His poor eyesight disqualified him from becoming a pilot.
• The sheer number of scandals during his time in office disqualify him.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2022
• By the standard of any profession, a failure this grave would disqualify a person from the job.
  — John Dickerson, CBS News, 24 July 2022
• Yet Mar remains formidable, and his opposition to the recalls does not disqualify him in the minds of all voters.
  — J.d. Morris, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 July 2022
• Her daughter was eligible for a free lunch before the pandemic, but since then Ms. Lewis started a new job that pays a bit more, which might be just enough to disqualify her.
  — Isabelle Sarraf, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2022
• Prosecutors are asking the court to overrule Baker's motion to disqualify Sanders from the trial.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 24 Aug. 2022
• Some bylaws or election rules disqualify candidates or directors because of delinquencies.
  — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022
• By the time the trainees reached the tower, two had been disqualified for marching too slowly.
  — Sarah Diamond Christopher Lee, New York Times, 27 May 2024
• She was followed by four men, one of whom was disqualified for coming out of the water in the wrong place.
  — Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2023
• Nascar told his team that he was disqualified from competing in the rest of the event, so Williams decided to park the car on the frontstretch as a protest to the call.
  — Joseph Wolkin, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
• Nguyen was included in the poll though he was disqualified from the ballot.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
• Three days later, Dancer’s Image is disqualified when traces of a painkiller are found in tests.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2024
• The Colorado Supreme Court became the first in the nation to hold that Trump is disqualified from holding office again.
  — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2024
• The point of these cardiac screenings is not to disqualify athletes.
  — Amanda Sealy, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
• But Purdy can also disqualify himself in the next two years and save the 49ers from themselves.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
• Then the defense team submitted a motion to disqualify Gull as a judge in Allen’s case.
  — Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 7 May 2024
• If the court finds the challenge valid, candidates will be disqualified.
  — Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2024
• Last year, the kākāpō—the world’s heaviest parrot—was disqualified for winning too many times.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Nov. 2023
• Roman is asking for the prosecutors to be disqualified and for the charges against him to be dismissed.
  — Holly Bailey and Amy Gardner The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 23 Jan. 2024
• That could mean Fong gets disqualified from the race, so there’s still uncertainty here.
  — Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2024
• The deputy public defenders had to show the Orange County judge that Shore should be disqualified for cause, Iredale said.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2024
• The group said the men’s behavior should disqualify them from leading the academy.
  — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 12 Sep. 2023
• With Hollier disqualified, Thanedar and Waters are the candidates with the highest profile left in the race.
  — Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 30 May 2024
• But that was still 10 votes short of the 67 votes that would have been necessary to convict Trump and, on a separate vote, to disqualify him from running again.
  — Max Boot, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
• But that experience has become more common as the tests, and the bots they are designed to disqualify, evolve.
  — WIRED, 21 Sep. 2023
• Genser challenged the assignment, asking that Shore be disqualified from the case.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2024
• In February, Baldwin’s lawyers moved to disqualify Reeb from the case.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2023
• Nothing about having a uterus disqualifies you from being able to sing and dance in tribute to Usher.
  — Keyaira Boone, Essence, 1 July 2024
• Trump’s performance in the debate illustrates why insecure white masculinity should be disqualifying for a presidential candidate.
  — Karrin Vasby Anderson, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2024
• Several other companies, such as Amazon and Meta, have called for Khan to be disqualified from past antitrust cases, citing her past statements.
  — William Gavin, Quartz, 9 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024