disqualifying

1. 1.

   depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified

   “certain disabling restrictions disqualified him for citizenship”

   Synonymsdisabling

Questions about disqualifying

What does disqualifying mean?

disqualifying means "depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified".

How many syllables are in disqualifying?

disqualifying has 5 syllables: di-squa-li-fy-ing. The stress falls on "squa". In IPA it is /dɪˈskwɑləˌfaɪɪŋ/.

What is another word for disqualifying?

Close synonyms include disabling. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is disqualifying a common word?

disqualifying is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.