disqualified

Definitions

Declared ineligible for a competition or activity due to a violation of rules.

Rendered unfit or prevented from participating by a specific condition or legal requirement.

Examples

The athlete was disqualified from the race after officials discovered he had used a banned performance-enhancing substance.

Because the candidate failed to submit the required documentation by the deadline, his application was automatically disqualified.

Synonyms

ineligible barred excluded unfit prohibited incapacitated debarred

Antonyms

eligible qualified permitted allowed fit authorized competent