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Recent Examples of disqualified
Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The rules will apply to any student loan payments made after July 1, 2026, so borrowers working for disqualified employers will not have any of their payments counted toward loan forgiveness if they’re made after that date.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Patterson was charged with one count of election fraud — voting by disqualified person, which is a Class I felony and punishable by not more than $10,000, or imprisoned up to 3½ years, or both.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The rules will apply to any student loan payments made after July 1, 2026, so borrowers working for disqualified employers will not have any of their payments counted toward loan forgiveness if they’re made after that date.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disqualified
Adjective
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While participation wasn't mandatory, Schauffele's absence, alongside Bryson DeChambeau, who remains ineligible due to his LIV Golf status, raised questions.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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As a result, Uluave will be ineligible to play the first half next week when Minnesota (2-0) visits.—
Jeff Faraudo,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The agency's rule, narrowly approved by the commission along party lines in April 2024, would have invalidated nearly all existing noncompetes and banned new ones except in rare circumstances.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
5 Sep. 2025
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So the general vindication of the method was a very big deal for the IRS because, had the Tax Court invalidated the method, basically the whole cautionary and regulatory overhaul would have been for naught.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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One of today’s co-hosts, France, has been unable to pass its own budget, let alone corral a continent into boosting its defense spending.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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More Stobe/Getty Clearly, the Yankees were unable to find a trading partner for Stroman and his contract, but Elman believes the pitcher won't be able to return to the major leagues on a new deal either.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Sac State scored two touchdowns on that final drive in the final minute but both plays were nullified by holding calls, and then more despair ensued.—
Joe Davidosn,
Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Going the other way, the Spartans reached midfield, but a first down was nullified by a holding penalty before Simley turned it over on downs.—
Mike Cook,
Twin Cities,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Obviously, people online were incapable of being normal about this.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
26 Aug. 2025
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James Outman seems incapable of fielding a fly ball.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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On the flip side, O’Regan said, physically fit people with obesity had a ‘younger’ cardiovascular age than unfit people.—
Kristen Fischer,
Health,
28 Aug. 2025
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For instance, not spending time with the children, using overly harsh or inappropriate discipline, undermining the other parent’s authority or showing a lack of interest in the children’s lives can make a partner seem like an unfit parent, and consequently, an unfit partner.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Crooked and grossly incompetent Joe Biden would not let Ukraine FIGHT BACK, only DEFEND.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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Although there are occasional car chases and shootouts and eventually an upsettingly high body count, its cops are not particularly competent (Lizzie, in fact, is notably incompetent, prone to freezing up at inopportune times), and its criminals not especially clever.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Disqualified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disqualified. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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