'Disqualification' definitions:
Definition of 'disqualification'
From: WordNet
noun
Unfitness that bars you from participation
noun
The act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified
Definition of 'Disqualification'
From: GCIDE
- Disqualification \Dis*qual`i*fi*ca"tion\, n.
- 1. The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the disqualification of men for holding certain offices. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which disqualifies; that which incapacitates or makes unfit; as, conviction of crime is a disqualification of a person for office; sickness is a disqualification for labor. [1913 Webster]
- I must still retain the consciousness of those disqualifications which you have been pleased to overlook. --Sir J. Shore. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'disqualification'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ad lib,
- disability,
- disablement,
- extemporaneousness,
- imbecility,
- improvisation,
- inability,
- inadequacy,
- incapability,
- incapacitation,
- incapacity,
- incompetence,
- incompetency,
- inefficiency,
- ineptitude,
- infancy,
- inferiority,
- insufficiency,
- lack of preparation,
- legal incapacity,
- minority,
- nonpreparation,
- nonpreparedness,
- planlessness,
- unfitness,
- unfittedness,
- unpreparedness,
- unqualification,
- unqualifiedness,
- unreadiness,
- unsuitability,
- unsuitableness,
- unsuitedness,
- vulnerability,
- wardship