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Noun: disqualification  dis,kwó-lu-fu'key-shun
  1. The act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified
    "His disqualification from the race was due to a failed drug test"
     
  2. Unfitness that bars you from participation
    "His prior conviction led to his disqualification from the competition"

Derived forms: disqualifications

Type of: bar, prevention, unfitness

Encyclopedia: Disqualification