disqualifying

verb

present participle of disqualify
as in invalidating

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  1. invalidating
  2. nullifying
  3. forbidding
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  • Two years later, the 8th Circuit summarily affirmed an order invalidating a program in Arkansas that allowed students to take voluntary Bible classes during school hours.
    — Charles J. Russo, The Conversation, 29 June 2026
  • In invalidating the comparisons, Gorsuch focused on the purpose of the laws aimed at the habitual drunkards of the 18th century.
    — Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 25 June 2026
Definition of invalidating
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  • The decision to kill John Connor is daft to the nth degree, effectively nullifying the entire point of the series.
    — Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 3 July 2026
  • The state Supreme Court upheld the law in its 2022 decision nullifying a requirement by the city of Norman, about 20 miles south of Oklahoma City, that oil and gas companies maintain extra liability insurance.
    — Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
Definition of nullifying
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  • Anyone attempting to think seriously about Elon Musk is confronted with a forbidding cognitive dissonance.
    — Mark O’Connell, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026
  • The parliament in England created laws against Quakers, forbidding them to worship freely, charging them with punishments for refusing to take oaths or refusing to remove their hats.
    — Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 3 July 2026
Definition of forbidding
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