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Antonyms for disqualify


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dis-kwol-uh-fahy
Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈkwɒl əˌfaɪ



Definition of disqualify

Origin :
  • 1718 (implied in disqualified), from dis- + qualify. Related: Disqualifying.
  • verb be unfit for; be ineligible
Example sentences :
  • The feeling grew, and bade fair to disqualify him for his humble office.
  • Extract from : « A Simpleton » by Charles Reade
  • Did not this disqualify the Church as ministers of consolation?
  • Extract from : « Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) » by George Jacob Holyoake
  • What may disqualify any person for admission to the ministry of the Kirk.
  • Extract from : « The History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland » by John Knox
  • True, we must not disqualify Beowulf forthwith because he slew a dragon.
  • Extract from : « Beowulf » by R. W. Chambers
  • If he tears up his card or picks up his ball he'll disqualify himself.
  • Extract from : « Fore! » by Charles Emmett Van Loan
  • His French citizenship does not disqualify him, at least upon a peace.
  • Extract from : « The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VI. (of 12) » by Edmund Burke
  • It should disqualify a man from being considered anything that was candid, frank or virtuous.
  • Extract from : « Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries » by William Hogan
  • But do these excrescences, which only proceed from the richness and fertility of the soil, disqualify a man for public business?
  • Extract from : « Four Early Pamphlets » by William Godwin
  • To break any pledge is bad enough, but to break that pledge ought to disqualify a man from ever again calling himself a man.
  • Extract from : « A Mere Chance, Vol. 2 of 3 » by Ada Cambridge
  • Is a slight frontal inclination to disqualify a person from being a prefect?
  • Extract from : « Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General » by Charles Lever

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