as in incapacity
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Recent Examples of disqualification
Taking a knee should have counted as a knockdown and sticking your head out of the ring should have led to a disqualification, but referee Steve Wilkes did nothing and the New York State Athletic Commission did nothing.
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Tony Paige, New York Daily News, 4 May 2025
This was yet another match that ended in disqualification between Solo Sikoa and LA Knight.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Suspicious activity could lead to the disqualification of candidates and a permanent suspension of the Athlete of the Week poll.
—Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 29 May 2025
The Derby win was the second for Mott, who also won via disqualification in 2019 with Country House.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 18 May 2025
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Tony Paige, New York Daily News, 4 May 2025
This was yet another match that ended in disqualification between Solo Sikoa and LA Knight.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Suspicious activity could lead to the disqualification of candidates and a permanent suspension of the Athlete of the Week poll.
—Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 29 May 2025
The Derby win was the second for Mott, who also won via disqualification in 2019 with Country House.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disqualification
Noun
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This definition also includes instance in which the victim is incapable of giving consent because of temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity (include due to the influence of drugs or alcohol) or because of age.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
23 June 2025
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The incapacity of the agency has also been laced with corruption.—
Elizabeth Glazer,
New York Daily News,
18 May 2025
Noun
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Outside of your job, take time to strengthen your incompetency by undergoing extra training and courses, and attending events if necessary.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
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It's been a revolving door of incompetency under center for the Browns this year.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Jan. 2025
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Predicate orders are based on the abandonment, abuse or neglect of that child by one or both parents, and the inability to reunify with one or both parents, based on those findings.—
Taylor Romine,
CNN Money,
18 June 2025
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Fever head coach Stephanie White was upset with how the referees officiated the game and about the inability to take control.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2025
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Not surprisingly, its 2025 proxy statement reveals the toxic governance triumvirate – incentives, incompetence and indifference – that lures troublesome attention from both hackers and activists.—
Noah Barsky,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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The defense’s case largely rests on accusations that the investigation into O’Keefe’s death was mired by deceit, incompetence and bias.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
10 June 2025
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And therein lies a sense of impotence, because our ability to discern the consequential ghoulishness of this nation’s policies–LOL that’s crazy!–doesn’t in and of itself constitute resistance.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
The New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2025
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On the same day that Trump regaled the more boisterous crowd just across the river at CPAC with his tales of political retribution, several hundred activists and insiders gathered in downtown D.C. to make sense of their current impotence.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
24 Feb. 2025
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Most of that success comes down to the Chiefs' greatness but they've also been helped plenty by the ineptitude of the teams sharing the AFC West with them.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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But the Rangers’ offensive ineptitude is not a new problem.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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“Disqualification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disqualification. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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