DISQUALIFIED Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

disqualified 1 of 2

adjective

as in ineligible

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disqualified

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verb

past tense of disqualify

as in invalidated

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Recent Examples of disqualified

Adjective

The disqualified angler, whose identity has not been made public, was reportedly in first place and looking at $100,000 in prize money. — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026 Patterson initially was charged with one count of election fraud — voting by disqualified person, which is a Class I felony and punishable by not more than $10,000, or imprisoned up to 3½ years, or both. — Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 20 Nov. 2025 She was charged with dangerous driving occasioning death, fail to stop and assist after vehicle impact causing death and driving a motor vehicle with a disqualified license, stated the NSW release. — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025 The rules will apply to any student loan payments made after July 1, 2026, so borrowers working for disqualified employers will not have any of their payments counted toward loan forgiveness if they’re made after that date. — Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for disqualified

Adjective

The commission says the objective is to remove duplicate and ineligible entries while ensuring eligible voters remain on the lists.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Her boyfriend Tadaryl Shipp, was 17 and ineligible for a death sentence.

— Victoria Craw, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of ineligible

Verb

Among them is a law passed by the Kansas legislature which retroactively invalidated the driver’s licenses of trans people and prohibited them from using rest rooms that align with their gender identity.

— Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Their death sentences were reduced to life in prison after the California Supreme Court invalidated the state's death penalty in 1972.

— Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of invalidated

Adjective

However, Efthymiou has been unable to get GBP100,000 (about $130,000) to perform the initial mouse-model study.

— Deepa Fernandes, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
That borrowing spree, in turn, could present a risk to large Wall Street firms if clients are unable to pay them back.

— Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of unable

Adjective

Besides rest, a driver should completely give over the keys if they are inebriated or otherwise unfit to drive.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 4 Oct. 2026
They were accused of organizing the crossing of a small boat that was unfit for navigation on the open sea, was overloaded and lacked appropriate life jackets.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of unfit

Adjective

Keeping track of scheming or incompetent subordinates has always been the autocrat’s chief burden.

— Seva Gunitsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026
So incompetent were campus security officers, that even though Jane Doe told them she was raped, in a six-page summary sent to the local district attorney the rape was not even mentioned.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026