disqualify

(dĭs-kwŏl'ə-fī')
tr.v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies.

1. 1. To render unqualified or unfit.
   2. To declare unqualified or ineligible.
2. To deprive of legal rights, powers, or privileges.

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verb

To make incapable, as of doing a job: disable, unfit. See ability/inability.

v

Definition: be unfit for; be ineligible
Antonyms: allow, be eligible, capacitate, fit, permit, qualify

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To deprive of eligibility or render unfit; to disable or incapacitate.

To be disqualified is to be stripped of legal capacity. A wife would be disqualified as a juror in her husband's trial for murder due to the nature of their relationship. A person may be disqualified for employment at a certain job because of a physical disability.

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• Disapproval, Disrespect, and Denial - disqualify: (vb) deprive of right or privilege; render unfit

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - diskvalificere, gøre uegnet, gøre inhabil, fratage kørekortet

Nederlands (Dutch)
diskwalificeren, ongeschikt maken, onbevoegd verklaren

Français (French)
v. tr. - rendre inapte à qch, (Jur) rendre inhabile, (Sport) disqualifier, rendre incapable, mettre hors d'état (de faire)

Deutsch (German)
v. - disqualifizieren, ausschließen, untauglich machen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποκλείω/-ομαι, απορρίπτω/-ομαι λόγω ακαταλληλότητας ή έλλειψης προσόντων, αφαιρώ άδεια, κάνω κάποιον ανίκανο, στερώ δικαιώματος, εξαιρώ

Italiano (Italian)
interdire, squalificare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - desqualificar

Русский (Russian)
дисквалифицировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - descalificar, inhabilitar, incapacitar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - diskvalificera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使丧失资格

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使喪失資格

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 실격 시키다, 무능력하게 만들다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 不適格とする, 失格させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يقضي بعدم أهليته, يسقط حق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮פסל‬

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