disqualifying : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: disqualifying	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for disqualifying
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disqualifying adj depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified; "certain disabling restrictions disqualified him for citizenship" Synonym(s): disabling, disqualifying Antonym(s): enabling
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disqualify \Disqual"ify\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disqualified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disqualifying}.] 1. 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. My common illness disqualifies me for all conversation; I mean my deafness. --Swift. Me are not disqualified by their engagements in trade from being received in high society. --Southey. 2. 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.