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Recent Examples of disqualified
Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Patterson 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.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 26 Aug. 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
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
Patterson 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.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 26 Aug. 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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The ones approved during the pandemic were more generous and were made available to people with higher incomes previously ineligible for subsidies.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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In 2021, Nolan forfeit three games due to use of ineligible players and, in 2023, the program failed to win a game.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Trump issued a version of it at the end of his first term but it was invalidated by the Biden administration almost immediately.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2025
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The state Supreme Court invalidated the 1849 law in July.—
Jessie Opoien,
jsonline.com,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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For more than five hundred years, scientists had been unable to figure out the purpose of the narwhal’s tusk— a single tooth that can be up to nine feet long.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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That was a clear issue in New Hampshire, which was unable to change its date to conform to the DNC’s 2024 calendar amid resistance from top Republican leaders in the state.—
Caroline Vakil,
The Hill,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Your decision to grow them in containers makes sense as bulbs always make a lasting impression in dense container plantings and their garden takeover tendencies can be nullified.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
25 Oct. 2025
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As a result, the quick slants and the effective rushing attack largely nullified the Steelers’ pass rush, limiting them to just two sacks and no takeaways.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Gilligan is probably incapable of saccharine.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 Oct. 2025
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In the final debate, Cuomo and Sliwa both attacked Mamdani for his stances on Israel and sought to portray him as incapable of addressing rising antisemitism to protect Jews, who account for about a tenth of New York City.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Meanwhile, Banks’ strained attempts to put Sarah on Zoë’s level leave Wilson stranded in a character unfit for the driver’s seat.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
29 Oct. 2025
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However, if temperatures fluctuate unpredictably, going below or above the average, all the low-var animals will be unfit and unable to pass on their genes.—
Shraddha Lall,
The Conversation,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The premise has the potential for slapstick silliness, as an incompetent Seoul family fumbles its way through opening a hunting lodge in the Korean countryside.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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Lauren was also charged with misdemeanor battery and theft in June 2020, per online court records reviewed by PEOPLE; that case was discharged after she was found incompetent to stand trial.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Disqualified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disqualified. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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