disqualifying

verb

present participle of disqualify
as in invalidating

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  1. invalidating
  2. nullifying
  3. forbidding
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  • The report follows up on a 2023 report that led to invalidating property tax raises over 15%.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026
  • After oral arguments in the spring, the three judges issued a complex decision affirming Carter’s finding of discrimination but overruling his order invalidating UCLA’s lease for its baseball stadium.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of invalidating
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  • Last week, Rams coach Sean McVay said the NFL privately acknowledged that officials incorrectly called defensive pass interference against Los Angeles in the closing moments of its Week 3 loss to Denver, nullifying an interception.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Both banged off the Tropicana Field catwalk in foul territory, nullifying the catch made on both of them.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026
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  • But only a handful of souls have ever gone up the treacherous, unforgiving north face — 9,000 steep miles of snow, rock and ice with a gnarly gully given the forbidding name the Hornbein Couloir.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The political math is forbidding for Kozycki, even as Republicans nationwide scramble to defend once-friendly territory.
    — Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of forbidding
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