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DISQUALIFIED
disqualified
(adjective) disqualified by law or rule or provision
disqualified
(adjective) barred from competition for violation of rules; “a disqualified player”
DISQUALIFY
disqualify, unfit, indispose
(verb) make unfit or unsuitable; “Your income disqualifies you”
disqualify
(verb) declare unfit; “She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
disqualified
simple past tense and past participle of disqualify
Source: Wiktionary
DISQUALIFY
Dis*qual"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disqualified; p. pr. & vb. n. Disqualifying.]
1. To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for or from before the purpose, state, or act. My common illness disqualifies me for all conversation; I mean my deafness. Swift. Me are not disqualified by their engagements in trade from being received in high society. Southey.
2. To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as, a conviction of perjury disqualifies a man to be a witness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TEMPORIZE
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