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• v  make unfit or unsuitable
• v  declare unfit
• a  depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified

• Officials in Mississippi are so taken with this slogan that they recently piled 11 disqualifying felonies onto the 10 listed in their state's constitution.
• The turnout trend has been downward since the regime's hardline supervisory bodies, like the Guardian Council, began disqualifying large numbers of reformist candidates in the 2004 .
• But then a local election official created a form that confused elderly voters, causing thousands to mark both Al Gore and another candidate on the same form, disqualifying enough .

• disqualify
• unfit
• indispose
• disabling

• qualify
• enabling

News & Articles

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• Some prospective jurors have views on Zimmerman case
  SANFORD, Fla. — Prospective jurors for the trial of George Zimmerman in Florida are making it clear that they've heard a lot about the case, but that isn't necessarily disqualifying them. One middle-aged black man who was questioned today said he thinks people who organized protests over the fatal shooting of unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin "made it a racial issue" -- and he said he didn't ...
  June 11, 2013 - Boston Herald

Quotes

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• Dianne Feinstein in FOXNews (blog)
  I believe the drift net has been out to find some disqualifying factor and it hasn't been found,Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-CA, a senior committee member, declared on Fox News Sunday, saying Kagan is "superbly qualified."
• John McCain in Forbes
  Asked about Republican rivals Mitt Romney's Mormon faith, McCain said, "I think that Governor Romney's religion should not, absolutely not, be a disqualifying factor when people consider his candidacy for president of the United States."
• Ben Nelson in WBOC TV 16
  So far I have seen nothing during my interview with the nominee, the background materials that have been produced or through the committee process that I would consider a disqualifying issue against Judge Alito,said Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb.