disqualify

Meanings

• Verb

  To make (someone or something) unable to continue or participate in a competition or other activity.

  - "The athlete was disqualified for using performance-enhancing drugs."
  - "The team was disqualified from the tournament due to fielding an ineligible player."
  - "The student was disqualified from the exam for talking during it."

• Verb

  To declare invalid or void.

  - "The judge disqualified the evidence due to its irrelevance."
  - "The bank disqualified the check due to insufficient funds."
  - "The jury disqualified the witness due to a potential conflict of interest."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with disqualify
qualify , identify , supplicate , antiquate , appreciate

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Variants

List of all variants of disqualify that leads to same result
disqualified , disqualifies , disqualify , disqualifying

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Forms

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disqualified, disqualifying, disqualifies

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Etymology

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Before the 15th century, the term 'disqualify' was derived from the Old French term 'desqualifier,' which means 'to make unfit, unsuitable, or unqualified.'

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Trivia

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1. Did you know that in ancient Greece, athletes who were caught doping were disqualified and sometimes even put to death?

2. In the world of chess, a player can be disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct, such as threatening or insulting their opponent.

3. In the legal world, a judge can disqualify themselves from a case if they have a personal interest or bias towards one of the parties involved.

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Related Concepts

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1. Ineligibility: The state of being unable to participate in a competition or other activity due to a rule or requirement.

2. Invalidation: The act of rendering something void or unenforceable.

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Culture

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In literature, the term 'disqualify' has been used to describe the act of excluding someone or something from a competition or other activity due to their ineligibility or unsuitability. For instance, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby,' the character Nick Carraway describes Tom Buchanan as being disqualified from the American Dream due to his moral decay.

How to Memorize "disqualify"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a judge holding up a red card, signaling the disqualification of a player from a soccer match.
   - Visualize a referee shaking his head and waving off a team due to an infraction, indicating their disqualification from the game.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the term 'disqualify' with the idea of exclusion or removal.
   - Link the term to the concept of invalidation or voiding.
   - Connect 'disqualify' to the idea of making someone or something unable to continue or participate.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the phrase 'Dis-qual-ify' as 'Dis' for disallowing, 'Qual' for qualification, and 'ify' for making unfit or unsuitable.

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