To make or declare someone or something ineligible for a role, contest or consideration.
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Words that belong together
- disqualify from participation
- disqualify a candidate
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The conflict disqualified the reviewer from that decision.
The rule disqualified applications submitted after the deadline.
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Word forms
- Base
- disqualify
- Past tense
- disqualified
- Past participle
- disqualified
- Present participle
- disqualifying
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- disqualify
- Present continuous
- am/is/are disqualifying
- Present perfect
- have/has disqualified
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been disqualifying
- Past
- disqualified
- Past continuous
- was/were disqualifying
- Past perfect
- had disqualified
- Past perfect continuous
- had been disqualifying
- Future
- will disqualify
- Future continuous
- will be disqualifying
- Future perfect
- will have disqualified
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been disqualifying
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Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: disqualify; disqualifies; disqualified; disqualified; disqualifying Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: renewed assessment, explicit formulation, classification and framing. Disciplines: academic writing, formal analysis. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: disqualifies.
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