unqualify
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unqualify (third-person singular simple present unqualifies, present participle unqualifying, simple past and past participle unqualified)
- (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
- November 2, 1710, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner, Number 13
- (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.