Disqualification

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disqualification \Dis*qual`i*fi*ca"tion\, n.
     1. The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified;
        want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the
        disqualification of men for holding certain offices.
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     2. That which disqualifies; that which incapacitates or makes
        unfit; as, conviction of crime is a disqualification of a
        person for office; sickness is a disqualification for
        labor.
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              I must still retain the consciousness of those
              disqualifications which you have been pleased to
              overlook.                             --Sir J.
                                                    Shore.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disqualification
       n 1: unfitness that bars you from participation
       2: the act of preventing someone from participating by finding
          them unqualified

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "disqualification":
     ad lib, disability, disablement, extemporaneousness, imbecility,
     improvisation, inability, inadequacy, incapability, incapacitation,
     incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, inefficiency, ineptitude,
     infancy, inferiority, insufficiency, lack of preparation,
     legal incapacity, minority, nonpreparation, nonpreparedness,
     planlessness, unfitness, unfittedness, unpreparedness,
     unqualification, unqualifiedness, unreadiness, unsuitability,
     unsuitableness, unsuitedness, vulnerability, wardship