disqualification

Plural: disqualifications

Noun

• unfitness that bars you from participation
• the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified
• The act of disqualifying, or the state of being disqualified
• That which disqualifies; that which causes someone to be unfit for a certain purpose or role
• The act of being forbidden from further play in a basketball game due to the accumulation of too many personal fouls.

Examples

• Conviction of crime is a disqualification of a person for office.
• Henry won the match due to the disqualification of his opponent.
• Sickness is a disqualification for labor.
• the disqualification of certain people for holding certain positions

Synonyms

fouling out