Disqualifying

Definition: Disqualifying

Disqualifying

Adjective

1. Depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified; "certain disabling restrictions disqualified him for citizenship".

Date "disqualifying" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references)

Synonym: Disqualifying

Synonym: disabling (adj). (additional references)

Synonyms by domain: disqualified from making a contract (law), disqualify a member/to (politics & international affaires).

Antonym: enabling (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Disqualifying

Specialty definitions using "disqualifying": AEROSPACE PHYSIOLOGICAL TECHNICIAN. (references)

Etymologies containing "disqualifying": Disqualify. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Disqualifying

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Although kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice for many patients with ESRD, the increase in waiting time for cadaveric organs, the presence of disqualifying co-morbid conditions, and the low transplantation rates in an aging ESRD population will likely ensure that dialysis remains the primary method of renal replacement therapy in the foreseeable future. (references)
Political Rights	Cote d'Ivoire	The presidential elections followed several postponements and a controversial Supreme Court decision on October 6, 2000, disqualifying 14 of the 19 candidates, including all of the PDCI and RDR candidates. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Disqualifying

"Disqualifying" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 60.00% of the time. "Disqualifying" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	60%	6	143,867
Adjective (general or positive)	40%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	10	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Disqualifying

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
disposition disqualifying	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Disqualifying

Language		Translations for "disqualifying"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		不合� � (Disqualified, Disqualify, ineligibility, ineligible). (various references)

French		disqualifiant. (various references)

German		disqualifizierend. (various references)

Pig Latin		isqualifyingday
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Disqualifying"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "disqualifying" (pronounced di'skwÄ"lufī'ing)
9	-k w Ä" l u f ī' i ng	qualifying.
6	-l u f ī' i ng	amplifying, exemplifying, nullifying, oversimplifying, simplifying.
5	-u f ī' i ng	certifying, clarifying, classifying, codifying, diversifying, edifying, electrifying, falsifying, fortifying, gentrifying, glorifying, gratifying, horrifying, identifying, intensifying, justifying, magnifying, modifying, mummifying, mystifying, notifying, purifying, quantifying, ratifying, reclassifying, rectifying, signifying, solidifying, specifying, stultifying, terrifying, testifying, unifying, verifying.
4	-f ī' i ng	satisfying, unsatisfying.
3	-ī' i ng	multiplying, occupying, outlying.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Disqualifying

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-f-g-i-i-i-l-n-q-s-u-y"
	-3 letters: disqualify, fluidising, liquifying, qualifying.
	-4 letters: dialysing, salifying.
	-5 letters: dialings, failings, gliadins, indusial, liaising, quailing, quisling.
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