disqualification
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disqualification
(Factor that disqualifies), noun disability, disablement, failure, handicap, inability, inaptitude, incapability, incapacitation, incompetence, incompetency, ineptitude, inexpertness, insufficiency, invalidation, invalidity, lack of dexterity, lack of proficiency, lack of qualification, shortcoming, unaptness, undeftness, undesirability, unfitness, unfittedness, unproficiency, unqualifiedness, unskillfulness, unsuitability, want of ability, want of skilldisqualification
(Rejection), noun banishment, deprivation, dethronement, disapprobation, discharge, disentitlement, disfavor, disfranchisement, dislodgment, dismissal, displacement, dispossession, elimination, eviction, exclusion, expulsion, forfeiture, inadmissibility, ineligibility, invalidation, loss of right, noninclusion, ouster, preclusion, rejecting, repudiation, throwing outAssociated concepts: disqualification to hold office, legal dissualification
See also: disability, expulsion, inability, incapacity, invalidity, prohibition
disqualification
1 the Company Directors'Disqualification Act 1986 contains provisions whereby directors maybe disqualified for fraudulent or wrongful trading or for conduct that makes them unfit to be concerned in the management of companies.
2 road traffic offenders may be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence. See, for example, TOTTING UP.