Disqualify — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

make unfit or unsuitable

declare unfit

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dˌuːoʊdsˈɪmoʊ/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪskwˈɒlɪfˌaɪ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪskwˈɒlɪfˌaɪ/

4 syllables Say it as /dˌuːoʊdsˈɪmoʊ/.

Examples

Your income disqualifies you
She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

unfit indispose

Antonyms

qualify

Parts of Speech

verb	make unfit or unsuitable “Your income disqualifies you”
verb	declare unfit “She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete”

Word Forms

disqualification

noun

unfitness that bars you from participation

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

disqualifizieren

ungeeignet oder ungeeignet machen

🇫🇷French

disqualifier

rendre inapte ou inadapté

🇪🇸Spanish

descalificar

hacer inadecuado o inadecuado

🇮🇹Italian

squalificare

rendere inidoneo o inidoneo

🇳🇱Dutch

diskwalificeren

ongeschikt of ongeschikt maken

🇵🇹Portuguese

desqualificar

tornar impróprio ou inadequado

🇷🇺Russian

дисквалифицировать

сделать непригодным или непригодным

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अयोग्य ठहराना

अयोग्य या अनुपयुक्त बनाना

🇧🇩Bengali

অযোগ্য করা

অযোগ্য বা অনুপযুক্ত করা

🇮🇳Tamil

தகுதி நீக்கம்

தகுதியற்றதாக அல்லது பொருத்தமற்றதாக ஆக்கு

🇮🇳Telugu

అనర్హులు

అనర్హమైనది లేదా అనుచితమైనదిగా చేయండి

🇮🇳Marathi

अपात्र करणे

अयोग्य किंवा अयोग्य बनवा

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગેરલાયક ઠેરવવું

અયોગ્ય અથવા અયોગ્ય બનાવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅನರ್ಹಗೊಳಿಸು

ಅನರ್ಹ ಅಥವಾ ಸೂಕ್ತವಲ್ಲದಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അയോഗ്യരാക്കുക

അനുയോജ്യമല്ലാത്തതോ അനുയോജ്യമല്ലാത്തതോ ആക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਯੋਗ ਠਹਿਰਾਓ

ਅਯੋਗ ਜਾਂ ਅਣਉਚਿਤ ਬਣਾਓ

🇵🇰Urdu

نااہل کرنا

غیر موزوں یا غیر موزوں بنائیں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

取消资格

使不适合或不适合

🇯🇵Japanese

失格にする

不適当または不適当にする

🇰🇷Korean

실격하다

부적합하거나 부적합하게 만들다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

loại bỏ

làm cho không phù hợp hoặc không phù hợp

🇹🇭Thai

ตัดสิทธิ์

ทำให้ไม่เหมาะสมหรือไม่เหมาะสม

🇮🇩Indonesian

membatalkan

membuat tidak layak atau tidak cocok

🇲🇾Malay

hilang kelayakan

membuat tidak sesuai atau tidak sesuai

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

استبعاد

جعل غير صالحة أو غير مناسبة

🇮🇷Persian

رد صلاحیت

نامناسب یا نامناسب کند

🇹🇷Turkish

diskalifiye etmek

uygunsuz veya uygunsuz hale getirmek

🇮🇱Hebrew

לִפְסוֹל

להפוך לא מתאים או לא מתאים

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