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Synonyms for disqualify

Most common

unfit indispose incapacitate disable

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Unfit

unfit, indispose

2. Incapacitate

incapacitate, disable, disenable

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To make ineligible for something.

    My age disqualifies me for the position.

  2. v. 2

    To exclude from consideration by the explicit revocation of a previous qualification.

    The athlete was disqualified after performance-enhancing drugs were found in his hotel room.

Related words

Word family
disqualification

Forms

Past participle
disqualified
e.g. disqualified → unfitted, indisposed, incapacitated, disabled…

Example sentences

  • unfit All those products are unfit for human consumption.
  • forfeit She came forth to forfeit her fourth-place medal.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
disqualifyfalling
unfitfalling
indisposesteady
disenablesteady
forfeitsteady
debarfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
unfit2, debar
7 letters
disable3, forfeit2
9 letters
indispose, disenable
12 letters
incapacitate5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (unfit2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
disqualifier
Italiano
squalificare
Español
descalificar
Deutsch
disqualifizieren