disqualification Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun unfitness that bars you from participation
noun the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified

The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the disqualification of men for holding certain offices.
That which disqualifies; that which incapacitates or makes unfit; as, conviction of crime is a disqualification of a person for office; sickness is a disqualification for labor.
I must still retain the consciousness of those disqualifications which you have been pleased to overlook. Sir J. Shore.