disqualify /(dĭs*kwŏl"ĭ*fī)/

imp. & p. p. Disqualified; p. pr. & vb. n. Disqualifying

1. To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for or from before the purpose, state, or act.

   My common illness disqualifies me for all conversation; I mean my deafness.

   Me are not disqualified by their engagements in trade from being received in high society.

2. To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as, a conviction of perjury disqualifies a man to be a witness.