Associations to the word «Disqualification»

Wiktionary

DISQUALIFICATION, noun. The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the disqualification of men for holding certain offices.
DISQUALIFICATION, noun. 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.
DISQUALIFICATION, noun. (basketball): The act of being forbidden from further play in a basketball game due to the accumulation of too many personal fouls.

Dictionary definition

DISQUALIFICATION, noun. Unfitness that bars you from participation.
DISQUALIFICATION, noun. The act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke