(v. t.) To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for or from before the purpose, state, or act.
(v. t.) To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as, a conviction of perjury disqualifies a man to be a witness.
Example Sentences:
(1) But, in a hearing to decide whether there should be a judicial review against the council, a high court judge found that the council had wide powers to disqualify such people from the housing list.
(2) Most remarkably: last July, 60 Minutes reported that Al Sharpton "has decided not to criticize the president about anything " – a vow that should be the ultimate disqualifying attribute for working in journalism: how can someone be employed as a political commentator if they vow never to criticize the president under any circumstances?
(3) Cellino was initially disqualified in December when the League ruled a first-grade conviction for tax evasion on a yacht in Sardinia was a “dishonest offence” and that he was therefore in breach of the organisation’s owners’ and directors’ test.
(4) It is about whether Mr Woolas should be disqualified for cheating.
(5) In 1988, the United States Supreme Court determined that "primary alcoholism" is "willful misconduct" that disqualifies veterans for an extension of time for educational benefits eligibility based on disability.
(6) Ted Cruz: ‘Trump would be disqualified’ for president under citizenship logic Read more In the Republican presidential debate hosted by Fox Business Network in North Charleston, South Carolina, on Thursday, the candidates debated surveillance as part of a wider focus on national security.
(7) Leeds’ future is uncertain once more after the Football League’s decision to disqualify Massimo Cellino as majority owner.
(8) The former high court judge Dyson Heydon will face his accusers on Friday when unions ask him to disqualify himself from the royal commission into trade union governance and corruption because of an alleged appearance of bias.
(9) The QC stated in his decision allowing that appeal: “If the reasoned ruling of the court in Cagliari discloses the conduct of Mr Cellino was such it would reasonably be considered to be dishonest, he would be [disqualified].” The League applied to the court in Cagliari for those written reasons, and once it had received them its board took the view the conviction did constitute a dishonest act and disqualified Cellino.
(10) It is imperative to be able to disqualify compromised urine specimens in biological studies.
(11) A Hong Kong court has disqualified four pro-democracy lawmakers for failing to sincerely take the oath of office, a huge blow to the city’s opposition.
(12) This is dangerous nonsense that undermines the rule of law, that makes him appear to be someone who has no respect for fellow Americans, and I think it is yet more evidence why this man is dangerous and divisive and disqualified from being president,” Clinton said.
(13) At least if he had to join the Army, he decided, he would apply for the Royal Army Medical Corps, but his diminutive stature (he was just over five feet tall) disqualified him from anything but the Bantam units, "a horrible rabble - Falstaff's scarecrows were nothing to these", he wrote.
(14) Of the 29 who were unmarried, nine had a steady relationship but 13 felt that they were disqualified from such a relationship because of their disabilities.
(15) The panel considered introducing a rule that would have disqualified new shareholders from voting on a deal unless they held the target's stock for a number months before a bid announcement.
(16) Furthermore, all competitive results obtained by the athlete from 29 July 2010 onwards are disqualified, and all related titles, awards, medals, points and appearance money are forfeited.” Cakir-Alptekin won Olympic gold in the 1500m in London, and then took the title at the European Championships in Helsinki later that year.
(17) One or the other qualifies you to be in the inner circle - anything else and you are disqualified."
(18) (If the risk of participation is too high, the athlete should be disqualified.)
(19) On the basis of that research the groups of the examined were determined: able to physical work (0-3 points), admitted on condition (4 points) and disqualified (5 points and over).
(20) Cellino’s position as Leeds owner could therefore be in jeopardy as the Football League’s owners’ and directors’ test disqualifies individuals who “have unspent convictions for offences of dishonesty”.
Ineligible
Definition:
(a.) Not eligible; not qualified to be chosen for an office; not worthy to be chosen or prefered; not expedient or desirable.
Example Sentences:
(1) The pair’s colleague, Baher Mohamed, is ineligible for deportation as he only holds an Egyptian passport.
(2) All overseas-based players were previously ineligible for the Wallabies.
(3) The Londoners had already used up their allocated four "association trained" players with Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole, Ross Turnull and Daniel Sturridge, leaving Bertrand ineligible.
(4) The governing body expelled Legia on Friday morning after an investigation found that they were guilty of fielding an ineligible player in the second leg of the tie at Murrayfield on Wednesday night – as an 86th-minute substitute.
(5) Twenty women did not consent to the study and 73 were ineligible.
(6) Subsequent to randomization, 11 (5%) patients (six treated with 5-FU and MeCCNU; five with escalating 5-FU) were found to be ineligible and are excluded from survival analyses.
(7) We elected to study the effect of propanolol in dogs during WBH in order to evaluate this drug's potential use in human cancer patients who are ineligible for WBH because of coronary artery disease.
(8) In 1982, 725,000 welfare recipients were declared ineligible.
(9) The winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes, Blue Is the Warmest Colour , will be ineligible for nomination for this year's best foreign language film Oscar , it has emerged.
(10) Radiographs confirmed metastatic disease in 2 patients who were then considered ineligible for adjuvant therapy (adriamycin-cyclophosphamide with or without local radiotherapy).
(11) Bhagwan Chowdhry, a professor of finance at UCLA, last month suggested nominating Nakamoto for the 2016 Nobel prize in economics in recognition of his innovation, but Nakamoto’s pseudonymous identity meant he was ineligible.
(12) Fifty-two patients entered the study; 34 were eligible, 7 ineligible.
(13) And all patients including the ineligible and incomplete cases (withdrawal and dropouts) should be reported.
(14) Two patients were found to be ineligible and excluded from further analysis.
(15) Most of the remaining patients (28 in each group) were ineligible for the efficacy analysis because of treatment with steroid enemas.
(16) When a third study from the Mayo Clinic failed to confirm these findings, it was criticized for inclusion of ineligible subjects, misclassification of oral contraceptive use, and inadequate statistical power.
(17) Based on imaging and performance status, two surgeons and a radiation oncologist designated each patient as either eligible or ineligible for adjuvant brachytherapy.
(18) Philip Cowley, a politics professor at Queen Mary University of London, pointed out that many people apply to register to vote who are either already registered, or who turn out to be ineligible.
(19) Other women were ineligible or unsuitable within the criteria of the scheme but had been sent invitations inappropriately because their screening records were incomplete or out of date.
(20) The former will have to wait three months before getting income-based jobseeker's allowance (JSA) and, after the introduction of new rules on 1 April, will be ineligible for housing benefit.