Definition of "disqualify" []

• To render unqualified or unfit. (verb-transitive)
• To declare unqualified or ineligible. (verb-transitive)
• To deprive of legal rights, powers, or privileges. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• ""The Republican requirements also disqualify from the program homeowners with an annual income of more than $250,000 from the program.""
• "Should her last name disqualify Chelsea Clinton from running for office someday if she chooses to do so?"
• "Is it real America or does that community's name disqualify the Brazilians of the Mississippi Delta?"