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# disqualified

«disqualified» in Mova's school dictionary: **Officially stopped from taking part in or winning a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (disqualified); past form of disqualify (disqualify, disqualifies, disqualified, disqualifying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Officially stopped from taking part in or winning a competition because you broke a rule. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disqualified/#m1)

2) (law) Not allowed to do something, such as drive or hold a job, because of a rule or a court decision. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disqualified/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In sport and school competitions: a runner who starts too early, a swimmer who touches the wrong way, a team that cheats is disqualified. In adult life and news: a driver can be disqualified from driving. Phrases: «disqualified from», «disqualified for», «be disqualified».

### examples

- The runner was disqualified for a false start. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disqualified/#x1)
- Our team was disqualified because we had too many players. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disqualified/#x2)
- She was disqualified from the spelling bee for using a dictionary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disqualified/#x3)
- The judge disqualified him from driving for a year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disqualified/#x4)
- The cake was disqualified because a grown-up had made it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disqualified/#x5)
- If you push in the race, you'll be disqualified. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disqualified/#x6)

### note

«Disqualify» changes y to i: disqualifies, disqualified. Noun: «disqualification». Use «disqualified from» an event and «for» the reason. Spelling: q is followed by u.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «disqualified» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disqualified/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.