different between disqualify vs unqualify

English

Etymology

From dis- +? qualify

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s?kw?l?fa?/

Verb

disqualify (third-person singular simple present disqualifies, present participle disqualifying, simple past and past participle disqualified)

1. (transitive) To make ineligible for something.

   My age disqualifies me for the position.

2. (transitive) To exclude from consideration by the explicit revocation of a previous qualification.

   The athlete was disqualified after performance-enhancing drugs were found in his hotel room.

Related terms

• disqualification

Translations

English

Etymology

un- +? qualify

Verb

unqualify (third-person singular simple present unqualifies, present participle unqualifying, simple past and past participle unqualified)

1. (transitive) To disqualify.
   • November 2, 1710, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner, Number 13

     the French, who rejoice in these changes, and by the fall of our credit, which unqualifies us for carrying on the war

2. (transitive) To remove some qualification or specialization from.
   • 2012, Kaare Christian, A Guide to Modula-2 (page 179)

     When a global MODULE'S wares are imported, the FROM phrase can be used to unqualify the names.

Related terms

• unqualification