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disqualified

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verb

past tense of disqualify

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Recent Examples of disqualified
Adjective
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disqualified
Adjective
  • Immigrants without legal status are ineligible for Medicaid benefits, but a swath of noncitizens qualify, such as green-card holders, asylees, and refugees.
    Andrew Jones, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • In a statement shared to social media, Centerville ISD interim superintendent Dottie Sullivan said the district received notice from the University Interscholastic League regarding allegations of the use of an ineligible player.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • On the heels of that decision, which invalidated Louisiana's congressional map, Republicans in some Southern states are working to recraft House districts held by Democrats.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 11 May 2026
  • Republicans have opened up an advantage in a national redistricting battle among states after a pair of court rulings that weakened federal Voting Rights Act protections for minorities and invalidated a key Democratic redistricting effort.
    David A. Lieb, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
Adjective
  • After spending almost the entire final season fearing that the book’s prophecy about Jamie would come true, Claire is unable to remove herself from her husband’s side on the battlefield, spending the rest of that day and night pouring all of her love and grief into his lifeless body.
    Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
  • Three decades from my last episode sometimes a faint quiver in my cheek snaps me back to that distant physicality—a child unable to manage her own estate that quaked.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • In a 4-3 ruling, justices nullified a new congressional map that could have given the Democrats four additional seats in the House of Representatives.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
  • Venezuela has argued that a 1966 agreement sealed in Geneva to resolve the dispute effectively nullified the 19th century arbitration.
    Molly Quell, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
Adjective
  • Not that the Rays are incapable of putting the baseball off and over the wall.
    Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • In a nutshell, Emilia resents her dad for decades of poor behavior, including a drinking problem that Martínez, who’s been sober for several years now, seems incapable of acknowledging.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
Adjective
  • Still, coaches worked to make the best of unfit practice locations and engage unsettled kids.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • All this while the federal government’s main tool for regulating medical software, the Food and Drug Administration’s device-approval process, is structurally unfit for regulating autonomous clinical AI.
    Alon Bergman, STAT, 11 May 2026
Adjective
  • She was found incompetent to stand trial in April 2026 and was ordered to a state hospital, the FBI said.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 16 May 2026
  • Last month, Rodriguez-Singh was found incompetent to stand trial on a capital murder charge in the death of her son, and she will be remanded to a state mental health facility until her competency can be restored.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026

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“Disqualified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disqualified. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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