disqualified
Removed from competition
Disqualified means ruled ineligible or removed from consideration.
An athlete may be disqualified for breaking rules, a candidate disqualified for lacking credentials.
She was disqualified from the race for a false start.
To be disqualified from something is to lack the necessary qualifications or to have them revoked: His criminal record disqualified him from the position.
Not meeting requirements
- barredBlocked from entry
- bannedOfficially disallowed
- excludedShut out, denied entry
- suspendedHalted or hanging temporarily
prohibited · expelled · debarred · disallowed · rejected · ostracized · blacklisted · vetoed
Made legally ineffective
- nullifiedMade legally void
- annulledDeclared legally void
- revokedOfficially canceled or withdrawn
- rescindedFormally withdrew or canceled
canceled · overturned · struck down · thrown out · negated · dismissed · quashed · abrogated
Improper professional behavior
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- dopingProhibited athletic drug use
- infractionMinor rule breach
breach · foul · penalty · rule-breaking · technicality · irregularity · offense · transgression
Premature beginning violation
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- offsidesIllegal pre-play positioning
- weight classSize-based competition grouping
- age limitEligibility threshold by years
missed deadline · technical foul · drug test · eligibility · roster · protest · appeal · reinstatement
Sadness from unmet expectations
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- guttedEmptied of contents
crestfallen · dejected · bitter · anguish · frustration · dismay · despair · letdown
ineligible
Not meeting requirements
suspended · prohibited · expelled · debarred · disallowed · rejected · ostracized · blacklisted · vetoed · precluded
voided
Made legally ineffective
rescinded · canceled · overturned · struck down · thrown out · negated · dismissed · quashed · abrogated · retracted
misconduct
Improper professional behavior
infraction · breach · foul · penalty · rule-breaking · technicality · irregularity · offense · transgression · impropriety
false start
Premature beginning violation
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- offsidesIllegal pre-play positioning
- weight classSize-based competition grouping
age limit · missed deadline · technical foul · drug test · eligibility · roster · protest · appeal · reinstatement · competition
disappointment
Sadness from unmet expectations
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
gutted · crestfallen · dejected · bitter · anguish · frustration · dismay · despair · letdown · setback
- losing phrasesgame over, you lose, lose out, defeated, beaten
- race resultswin, winner, first place, second place, third place
- selection statusselected, unselected, chosen, unchosen, picked
- eligibilityeligible, ineligible, eligibility, eligibility criteria, means testing
- jury statusseated, empaneled, selected, dismissed, excused
- eliminated contestantsloser, evictee, sent home, cut, axed
disqualifiedqualified
Meeting necessary standards
advanced · in the running · reinstated · cleared · certified