disqualify
IPA: dɪskwˈɑɫʌfaɪ
verb
- (transitive) To make ineligible for something.
- (transitive) To exclude from consideration by the explicit revocation of a previous qualification.
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Examples of "disqualify" in Sentences
- Is it okay to disqualify like that
- It was cruel to disqualify for such a minor fault.
- McCain will also try to "disqualify" you as an effective CinC given your lack of military service.
- Is it real America or does that community's name disqualify the Brazilians of the Mississippi Delta?
- Should her last name disqualify Chelsea Clinton from running for office someday if she chooses to do so?
- "The Republican requirements also disqualify from the program homeowners with an annual income of more than $250,000 from the program."
- The only thing that would "disqualify" Romney, or anyone else, from the GOP nomination is less primary votes than at least one other person.
- On the other hand, McKinnon states that he didn't want to be a part of what would be the only strategy that was likely to work: to "disqualify" Obama.
- The prime minister's strategy is clear, says Patrick Devedjian, a close Sarkozy adviser: to "disqualify" his rival as an unrealistic economic "ultraliberal" whose radicalism might prove dangerous.
- Since it was a political junket, I'd say its quite cheeky for him to claim himself a former astronaut, but then again I don't think you'd want to 'disqualify' all Payload Specialists from being called astronauts.
- Senate confirmation hearings for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in 1990, Alito promised in writing that he would "disqualify" himself from cases involving companies he had a financial interest in, naming Smith Barney and Vanguard mutual funds.
- How to avoid a psychotic relationship before it even gets started (Very few men know this secret, but it can save you a ton of misery-imagine, being able to "disqualify" a potential stalker, bitch, or gold digger 15 minutes after you meet her, not six months later)
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