as in incapacity
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Recent Examples of disqualification
An alias will not always save you when your very existence is already a disqualification.
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Ismat Ara, TIME, 15 Mar. 2025
Failure to provide additional information or consents will be grounds for disqualification, unless prohibited under applicable law.
—TIME.com, 24 Mar. 2025
The disqualifications leave Ferrari already playing catch up against its rivals.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
The four-time world champion missed out on a podium finish in the weekend's Chinese Grand Prix, while Lawson advanced to the twelfth position following the disqualification of Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc, and Pierre Gasly after the race after their cars failed to clear FIA's post-race scrutiny.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
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Ismat Ara, TIME, 15 Mar. 2025
Failure to provide additional information or consents will be grounds for disqualification, unless prohibited under applicable law.
—TIME.com, 24 Mar. 2025
The disqualifications leave Ferrari already playing catch up against its rivals.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
The four-time world champion missed out on a podium finish in the weekend's Chinese Grand Prix, while Lawson advanced to the twelfth position following the disqualification of Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc, and Pierre Gasly after the race after their cars failed to clear FIA's post-race scrutiny.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disqualification
Noun
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These will ensure financial and business continuity by establishing legal safeguards for decision making in case of incapacity.—
Meredith Moore,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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That autumn, the Kremlin, seemingly in agreement with the war correspondents about the incapacity of Russia’s military leadership, intervened in the military command structure and launched a round of mobilization that sent hundreds of thousands of new soldiers to the frontlines.—
Julian G. Waller,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Aug. 2024
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When pressed on such timelines during a Senate hearing in December 2024, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf reiterated the issue isn’t a matter of corruption or incompetency, but federal support.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
15 Jan. 2025
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It's been a revolving door of incompetency under center for the Browns this year.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Jan. 2025
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And, his inability to admit his mistakes and face the consequences.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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His campaign went under the radar last season, due to the team’s poor record, a few bad outings, and an inability to finish healthy.—
Johnny Flores Jr.,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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This action — a mistake or incompetence, take your pick — risks disseminating important information, jaw-dropping in its specificity, to our enemies, and could perhaps endanger American lives.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2025
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Ultimately, these appeals amounted mostly to rhetorical posturing and, because of policy inconsistencies and incompetence, effected little concrete change.—
MATIAS SPEKTOR,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Apr. 2025
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Jack Harrison squandered one promising position with a pass that dribbled through to Caoimhin Kelleher, a metaphor for their impotence during the evening.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
3 Apr. 2025
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If the first terrorist attack against Charlie Hebdo was an unfortunate failure on the part of French security, the second in the Bataclan was a sign of systemic impotence.—
Camille Pecastaing,
Foreign Affairs,
15 July 2016
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The danger is very real, to be sure, but Ray and Manny’s comical ineptitude keeps it from getting too grim.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
13 Mar. 2025
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The Magic’s ineptitude puts them at a severe disadvantage on most nights.—
Josh Robbins,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Disqualification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disqualification. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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