disqualified 1 of 2

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
  • Har-Ber actually won three games on the field in 2024, but the Wildcats had to forfeit their 65-50 victory over Class 5A Farmington in a nonconference game Sept. 7 due to use of an ineligible player.
    Graham Thomas, arkansasonline.com, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Furthermore, those people then were deemed ineligible to seek asylum when the Trump administration implemented a rule requiring asylum seekers to first seek refuge in Mexico or elsewhere.
    Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of ineligible
Verb
  • But later, Georgia Judge Scott McAfee, who oversees the trial proceedings, invalidated that charge for other defendants in the case who did not plead guilty and challenged the count’s validity.
    Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The arbitration award invalidated PRC claims to numerous features within the Philippines’ EEZ, including Scarborough Shoal.
    Jill Goldenziel, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of invalidated
Adjective
  • So far, the seven states in the basin have been unable to reach agreement on the guidelines.
    Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 7 Dec. 2024
  • At the time, Lopez was a young teenager and unable to travel solo.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of unable
Verb
  • An umpire nullified a home run by Kansas City’s George Brett because Brett’s bat was coated in too much pine tar, which can improve a batter’s grip.
    Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Russia has denied claims of meddling in the electoral process there as well as in neighboring Romania, whose Constitutional Court nullified the first round won by far-right pro-Putin candidate Calin Georgescu.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of nullified
Adjective
  • This isn’t to say that Leith and Hollywood are incapable of doing their job because of their age.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 28 Nov. 2024
  • This rhetoric continues conservatives’ history of weaponizing research showing that trans people are more likely to be diagnosed as autistic than cis people in order to baselessly argue that trans youth — and autistic people — are incapable of making their own decisions about their healthcare care.
    Abby Monteil, Them, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of incapable
Adjective
  • The head of the ruling People Power Party turned course from Thursday in announcing that the president is unfit to lead the country.
    Joohee Cho, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The team used a P.E. locker room at the stadium since the normal visitors locker room has been unfit for use recently due to a sewage issue, according to MCSD public information officer Matt Jenkins.
    Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of unfit
Adjective
  • The case was suspended earlier this year because the aging McCarrick was deemed incompetent to stand for trial.
    Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Robert Herguth, Chicago Sun-Times, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Trump's nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is saying that women are incompetent and that their presence in the military causes love triangles and drama.
    Tonya Mosley, NPR, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of incompetent
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