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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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Jalen Williams has missed most of the year and thus is ineligible for postseason honors.—
The Athletic NBA Staff,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Council members told the Journal Sentinel that was the statute cited by the city attorney's office in deeming Procell ineligible.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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If discovered, the ticket will be invalidated, with remaining flight segments canceled or confiscated, including previously refundable tickets.—
Rachel Chang,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Jan. 2026
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Should Trump’s tariff policy be invalidated, the fiscal consequences for the country could be severe.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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According to federal court records, Northern Trust’s lawyers were unable to serve Walters with the bank’s lawsuit and recently proceeded to seek a default judgment against the former employee, who did not have an attorney representing him.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2026
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Matthew Stafford delivered an MVP-caliber season with 4,707 yards and 46 touchdowns, but the Rams were unable to convert that into a Super Bowl run.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Selig also nullified a staff letter from Pham last fall cautioning operators to prepare for possible state action against them.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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However, courts nullified the FTC ruling on a technicality in July 2025–just days before it was set to go into effect.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
15 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Defense disputes the case McGuire’s attorney, Joseph Tacopina, argued that the petite nurse was physically incapable of killing her 6-foot-3-inch, 210-pound husband, let alone dismembering his body.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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The toddler danced around, incapable of containing his energy.—
Maeva Bambuck,
CNN Money,
1 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Apparently, the Meyers in Long Beach were ruled unfit as guardians, or Lynn refused to go back to them, so juvenile authorities located some blood relatives, possibly her father or half sister, and put her on a train back East.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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This is a couple unfit to govern a two-bedroom.—
Patricia Marx,
New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Oil from free America bailed out the virtue-signaling, totally incompetent Democrats here.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
1 Feb. 2026
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That means the former voters died, moved away, registered in another state, were convicted of a felony crime, deemed incompetent to vote by a judge or were removed from the state's voter rolls because of inactivity.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Disqualified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disqualified. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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