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disqualified

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verb

past tense of disqualify

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of disqualified
Adjective
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
  • Meanwhile, the 21,000 properties declared newly ineligible for city service now are responsible for negotiating deals for service from one of five private haulers — and many have struggled to do so.
    Sam Schulz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Mokoena, one of South Africa’s star players, had accumulated two yellow cards in the previous qualifying games (against Benin in November 2023 and against Zimbabwe in June 2024) and, therefore, should have been ineligible for South Africa’s game against Lesotho.
    Nnamdi Onyeagwara, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The state Supreme Court invalidated the 1849 law in July.
    Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of using her platform to argue with her detractors, Reese made a countermove that simultaneously shored up her own brand by amplifying her commitment to societal change, and invalidated the critique.
    Timeka Tounsel, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Family members who traveled to hear the inquest were told they could be taken to the Cliffs of Moher but would be unable to see the exact spot where the tragedy occurred, per RTÉ.
    Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Star Clooney was unable to attend the film’s press conference and premiere due to a sinus infection.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This wouldn't surprise me all that much, especially in light of a report out of the Census Bureau yesterday showing inflation gains largely nullified wage gains last year.
    JJ Kinahan, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Even if Florida’s law prohibiting open carry were nullified, state law still bars people from carrying firearms in any capacity to certain places, including police stations, courthouses, polling places and college campuses.
    Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Jets history includes countless examples of defencemen who posted great numbers on the third pair but proved incapable of handling top-four competition.
    Murat Ates, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Apparently incapable of not making a bad situation worse, Arthur accuses Olivia of being lonely for Rafferty, not for him.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And every year, a vast quantity is thrown away as unfit to eat.
    Maurice H. Decker, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Lee would sometimes visit Anderson at the Highland Chateau health and rehabilitation center in Highland Park, where she had been relocated with some objection after her Surrey Avenue property was deemed unfit for human habitation.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Although Beijing has outcompeted Washington in Myanmar up to this point, the junta’s woefully incompetent management of its currency and foreign reserves presents an opportunity for the United States to recalibrate its approach to the country.
    Dan Swift, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
  • California, with its weak and incompetent Governor, has been particularly hard hit!
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Disqualified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disqualified. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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