Disqualifying

2 definitions found

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

  disqualify \dis*qual"i*fy\ (d[i^]s*kw[o^]l"[i^]*f[imac]), v. t.
     [imp. & p. p. {Disqualified} (d[i^]s*kw[o^]l"[i^]*f[imac]d);
     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.


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              My common illness disqualifies me for all
              conversation; I mean my deafness.     --Swift.
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              Me are not disqualified by their engagements in
              trade from being received in high society.
                                                    --Southey.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disqualifying
       adj : depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified;
             "certain disabling restrictions disqualified him for
             citizenship" [syn: {disabling}] [ant: {enabling}]