DISQUALIFICATION Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

disqualification

noun

Definition of disqualification

as in incapacity

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Recent Examples of disqualification The Gamblers advanced after one of their riders appeared to touch the bull with his free hand — an automatic disqualification under PBR rules — but no foul was called. — Latif Love july 9, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026 Failure to respond within the required timeframe may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner, in Sponsor’s sole discretion. — AJC.com, 30 June 2026 Any attempt by a participant, or any other person, to participate using more than one rescue dog/pet, using any method, may result in disqualification by Sponsor, in its sole discretion. — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026 Supervisors asked candidates about a recent California Supreme Court ruling that criticized Yolo County prosecutors’ use of a judicial disqualification rule to have cases reassigned from the county’s sole Latina judge, leading to allegations of discrimination. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for disqualification

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Noun

My embodiment—paralysis—is conjured when trying to describe an inability, a lack, an incapacity.

— Rebekah Taussig, Time, 7 July 2026
Under Missouri law, most mail ballots must be notarized before they can be counted, though voters casting absentee ballots for certain reasons, including incapacity, are exempt from that requirement.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026

Definition of incapacity

Noun

Those forms are not pertinent to the finding of incompetency and are therefore subject to the open records law, Ziegler and Bradley wrote.

— Scott Bauer, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Federal agents have descended upon the home of Cindy Rodriguez Singh, the North Texas mom who was recently sent to a state hospital after an incompetency ruling in the murder of her young son.

— Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 12 May 2026

Definition of incompetency

Noun

Since the start of last offseason, the Atlanta Braves have been haunted by their inability to land a high-quality starting pitcher.

— Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
The inability to imagine a middle-class life—especially for the Subaru Socialists right on the cusp of comfort—seems to be what’s behind a slate of recent electoral victories for the Democratic Socialists of America.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of inability

Noun

Trump’s incompetence throughout this vendetta against Comey is perhaps its most welcome aspect.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
In an April 2025 meeting, FCMAT CEO Mike Fine said a two-month financial investigation found the district’s problems stemmed from poor budget development and management, incompetence and staff behavior.

— Velvet Wu July 25, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of incompetence

Noun

This prescient issue is buried in a recent, must-read Free Press article by Niall Ferguson and John-Clark Levin that laments the growing impotence of the old-fashioned historian in the face of bots and algorithmic amplifications.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
The Iran and Gaza wars have thrown that absence and European strategic impotence into sharp relief.

— Galip Dalay, Time, 7 July 2026

Definition of impotence

Noun

Except that a persistent truth long promoted at the Journal’s editorial page about the ineptitude found inside government never applies to China.

— John Tamny, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
He was revisited by a vague feeling of physical ineptitude that’d haunted him since childhood; failing to throw the ball properly on sports day at primary school, his father watching.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026

Definition of ineptitude

Noun

This could reflect in features such as automation incapabilities, incompetent workflow designs, overreliance on legacy infrastructure and lack of alignment in financial transformation.

— Dr. Saheer Nelliparamban, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Trump’s command of Congress owes to the incapability of many politicians to see beyond the next election.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2026

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