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Recent Examples of disqualified
Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 20 Nov. 2025
She was charged with dangerous driving occasioning death, fail to stop and assist after vehicle impact causing death and driving a motor vehicle with a disqualified license, stated the NSW release.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
The rules will apply to any student loan payments made after July 1, 2026, so borrowers working for disqualified employers will not have any of their payments counted toward loan forgiveness if they’re made after that date.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Patterson initially was charged with one count of election fraud — voting by disqualified person, which is a Class I felony and punishable by not more than $10,000, or imprisoned up to 3½ years, or both.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 20 Nov. 2025
She was charged with dangerous driving occasioning death, fail to stop and assist after vehicle impact causing death and driving a motor vehicle with a disqualified license, stated the NSW release.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
The rules will apply to any student loan payments made after July 1, 2026, so borrowers working for disqualified employers will not have any of their payments counted toward loan forgiveness if they’re made after that date.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disqualified
Adjective
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Calabasas pulled out of the Southern Section Division 3 championship because of an ineligible player.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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In such arrangements, the parties typically split the payments, with the authorized entity completing the reimbursement paperwork and the ineligible provider ostensibly performing the services billed.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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With immense uncertainty over whether tens of billions in refunds will be due to companies who’ve been paying the tariffs the Supreme Court just invalidated, a legal cloud over this new tariff gambit will do nothing to induce more businesses to invest with confidence in growth.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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The ruling also invalidated an extension granted in 2021, stripping the port operations of any legal basis.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The more senior players should, in theory, be setting standards and taking their younger team-mates along with them, but appear unable to do either.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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The upshot is that Chinese Republicans, which wants to be a show with a pair of sturdily wrought protagonists, ends up waffling between the two, apparently unable to decide which should occupy the center and in neither case provided with enough dimension to fill it.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Later, during the power play, Hughes delivered a high stick of his own to Bo Horvat that nullified the remainder of the power play.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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Stewart nullified the size disadvantage with his speed and relentless style.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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At that point, MRC was operating under the belief that Spacey would be incapable of appearing for the sixth season and announced his suspension the next day.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Feb. 2026
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This condensation can freeze and block the flow of fuel, rendering your car incapable of starting.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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In October, Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Cristina Miranda found that Conner was mentally unfit to testify in person at trial and allowed the recorded testimony, even though defense attorneys will not be able to cross-examine him in front of the jury.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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If venue personnel deem any person to be a threat, or otherwise unfit, in their sole discretion, he or she will not be permitted access and shall forfeit the prize.—
AJC.com,
AJC.com,
23 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Like the poliziotteschi films of Fernando Di Leo (1932-2003), Portobello takes us to a country where the police, at best, are incompetent, and the criminal underworld has its tentacles in all walks of life.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
1 Mar. 2026
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Because of the differences they are labeled as evil, incompetent, corrupt or some other trumped up charge such as antisemitic.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Disqualified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disqualified. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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