disqualified
part of speech
adjective (disqualified); past form of disqualify (disqualify, disqualifies, disqualified, disqualifying)
meaning for a pupil
1) Officially stopped from taking part in or winning a competition because you broke a rule. tree →
2) (law) Not allowed to do something, such as drive or hold a job, because of a rule or a court decision. tree →
sense in the lessons
In sport and school competitions: a runner who starts too early, a swimmer who touches the wrong way, a team that cheats is disqualified. In adult life and news: a driver can be disqualified from driving. Phrases: «disqualified from», «disqualified for», «be disqualified».
examples
- The runner was disqualified for a false start. tree →
- Our team was disqualified because we had too many players. tree →
- She was disqualified from the spelling bee for using a dictionary. tree →
- The judge disqualified him from driving for a year. tree →
- The cake was disqualified because a grown-up had made it. tree →
- If you push in the race, you'll be disqualified. tree →
note
«Disqualify» changes y to i: disqualifies, disqualified. Noun: «disqualification». Use «disqualified from» an event and «for» the reason. Spelling: q is followed by u.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «disqualified» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.