disqualifyingadj.
That disqualifies; incapacitating, disabling; self-depreciating.
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the mind > emotion > humility > self-abasement > [adjective]
self-abasing1642
disqualifying1723
humilific1892
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > making incapable
disqualifying1723
1723 J. Arbuthnot Let. Nov. 17 in J. Swift Let. (1766) II. 253 Lord Whitworth, our plenipotentiary, had this disease, (which..is a little disqualifying for that employment).
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. v. 23 I love not to make disqualifying speeches; by such we seem to intimate that we believe the complimenter to be in earnest.
1891 Athenæum 26 Dec. 874/2 The enforced retirement..of many public servants when they have attained the disqualifying age.
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