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adjective

Definition of disqualifiednext
as in ineligible

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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
  • Signing the Littleton native seemed a foregone conclusion after his Homegrown status left him ineligible for the 2025 MLS SuperDraft.
    Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Guard Ahron Ulis, an Iowa transfer, was ineligible last year.
    Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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
  • Early in 2019, an Entangled author was unable to deliver her book as planned, leaving a gap in the schedule.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
  • With journalists, activists, and officials from international agencies unable to freely investigate or monitor conditions, the stream of stories and images that might fuel anger is limited, and the Uyghurs’ plight is kept largely out of sight.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of unable
Verb
  • But outside linebacker Keir Thomas, called up from the practice squad prior to the game, was called for an offsides penalty that nullified the play.
    Adam Grosbard, Orange County Register, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The former Hart Trophy winner moved remarkably well, had a goal and two assists and made multiple physical and defensive plays that nullified injury concerns.
    Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of nullified
Adjective
  • Preverbal infants, orangutans, and all other creatures incapable of language are, by implication, powerless to perform many basic mental operations.
    Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The massive popular revolt against the 2021 coup, particularly among young people who had thrived during the previous decade, demonstrates that that strategy in fact succeeded, if at enormous cost, as the Myanmar military appears incapable now of reasserting its control nationwide.
    Derek Mitchell, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of incapable
Adjective
  • Jean-Marie Le Pen was deemed unfit to testify. ___ Ganley, who retired from The Associated Press, contributed to this report.
    Thomas Adamson, Sylvie Corbet, TIME, 7 Jan. 2025
  • It's said in the books that the iron throne was built to cut anyone unfit to rule, which sums up Viserys (although, to be fair, it's easily done; the throne is made of swords).
    David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of unfit
Adjective
  • Geyser was diagnosed the following August with childhood-onset schizophrenia and ruled incompetent to stand trial, a decision that was reversed that December.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The team looked incompetent, even with an extra week to prepare.
    Chad Graff, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of incompetent
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