disqualified

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. disqualified by law or rule or provision
  2. barred from competition for violation of rules“a disqualified player”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

disqualified \dis*qual"i*fied\ (d[i^]s*kw[o^]l"[i^]*f[imac]d), adj.

1.rendered ineligible by law or rule or provision; as, disqualified from voting. [WordNet 1.5]

2.(Sports) barred from competition for violation of rules; as, a disqualified player. [WordNet 1.5]

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. [1913 Webster]

My common illness disqualifies me for all conversation; I mean my deafness.— Swift.[1913 Webster]
Me are not disqualified by their engagements in trade from being received in high society.— Southey.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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