disqualification

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disqualification

  • /dɪsˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ UK
  • /dɪsˌkwɑːləfɪˈkeɪʃn/ US

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

noun disqualifications

  1. countable, uncountable The act of disqualifying, or the state of being disqualified the disqualification of certain people for holding certain positions
  2. countable, uncountable That which disqualifies; that which causes someone to be unfit for a certain purpose or role Conviction of crime is a disqualification of a person for office.
  3. countable, uncountable The act of being forbidden from further play in a basketball game due to the accumulation of too many personal fouls.

    Similar: fouling out

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: disqualifying, disenfranchisement, exclusion, deprivation, exclude, nullification, recusal, annulment, disentitlement, avoidance, revocation, rejection, cancellation, prohibition, dismissal, ousting

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noun act of disqualifying

Españoldescalificación, desclasificación
日本語不合格
Françaisdisqualification
DeutschDisqualifikation
Italianosqualifica
Ελληνικάανικανότητα anikanótita
Românădescalificare
Русскийдисквалификация diskvalifikacija, деквалификация dekvalifikacija
العربيةإِقْصَاء ʔiqṣāʔ

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"disqualification." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/disqualification. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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disqualification. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/disqualification

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"disqualification." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/disqualification.

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@misc{disqualification_2026,
  title = {disqualification},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/disqualification},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}