disqualify
/dɪsˈkwɒlɪfʌɪ
/verb (disqualifies, disqualifying, disqualified) [with object]
1Declare (someone) ineligible for an office, activity, or competition because of an offence or infringement: he was disqualified from driving for six months she was disqualified after failing a drugs test (as adjective disqualified) he was hit by a disqualified driver...
- A military appointing authority could choose to disqualify any panel member for good cause.
- A court can disqualify directors for between two and 15 years for unfit conduct.
- His words were not considered serious enough to refer to a national Administration Panel, which has the power to disqualify councillors from office for a fixed period of up to five years.
Synonyms
banned, barred, disbarred, debarred;
eliminated, precluded, disentitled;
ineligible, unfit, unqualified
informal out of the running, ruled out, knocked out
1.1(Of a feature or characteristic) make (someone) unsuitable for an office or activity: a heart murmur disqualified him for military service...
- I don't see how either of those aspects would technically disqualify me from an unwanted job at a pet store, so I had some hope left.
- The human element disqualifies science from the equation, and the bottom line is, the only thing that is certain is that nothing is certain.
- If you want narrow dogma, how about the plight of a major political party in which being pro-life disqualifies you from seeking national office because special interests forbid it?
Synonyms
ban, bar, debar, prohibit, forbid, interdict, block;
exclude, declare ineligible, rule out, preclude, disentitle
archaic unfit