DISQUALIFIED Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

disqualified 1 of 2

adjective

as in ineligible

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verb

past tense of disqualify

as in invalidated

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The disqualified angler, whose identity has not been made public, was reportedly in first place and looking at $100,000 in prize money. — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026 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

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Adjective

The show’s only performance nominee this year ended up being Connor Storrie, a nomination that can easily be chalked up to his notoriety for Heated Rivalry and to make up for Heated Rivalry being ineligible overall.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 17 July 2026
Because of their arrival after WWI, their descendants will forever be ineligible for these scholarships.

— Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 16 July 2026

Definition of ineligible

Verb

International goods trade comprises nearly a third of the state's nominal GDP, with the state particularly exposed to tariffs that were not invalidated by February's Supreme Court ruling.

— Scott Cohn, CNBC, 13 July 2026
Then, in 2014, the Supreme Court invalidated the limit on the amount of money a donor could contribute to federal candidates in a two-year election cycle.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 30 June 2026

Definition of invalidated

Adjective

The Liberty were unable to find much offensive success after the break.

— James Boyd, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Some Facebook and Instagram users are reporting international outages, leaving them unable to access their feeds, according to two internet watchdogs and a CNN check of the platforms.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 19 July 2026

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Prior to the Balogun gift, the only previous time a World Cup red card was nullified during the tournament was in 1962 when FIFA overturned the suspension of Brazil star Garrincha.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026
The Oregon lawsuit claims that, because BLM’s management plans are nullified, then any actions the agency might take that descends from the plan, including timber sales, are also invalid.

— Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026

Definition of nullified

Adjective

Salman Rushdie has declared that artificial intelligence has no role to play in literature, cinema or storytelling of any kind, dismissing the technology as fundamentally incapable of originality.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 July 2026
The statute does not require that the beneficiary be incapable of all meaningful activity.

— James Lange, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of incapable

Adjective

Offensive guru Brian Daboll was pretty incompetent as the Giants’ coach and hit the bricks, and in walks Super Bowl winning coach John Harbaugh.

— Vic Tafur, New York Times, 17 July 2026
This show is about scheming, the weight of the crown, and incompetent brats who want to scheme to get their hands on the crown.

— Brian Grubb, Vulture, 6 July 2026

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