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unqualifying

unqualifying is the present participle and gerund of unqualify.

Meaning of unqualify

Verb

unqualify (third-person singular simple present unqualifies, present participle unqualifying, simple past and past participle unqualified)

  1. (transitive) To disqualify.
    • the French, who rejoice in these changes, and by the fall of our credit, which unqualifies us for carrying on the warNovember 2, 1710, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner, Number 13
  2. (transitive) To remove some qualification or specialization from.
    • When a global MODULE'S wares are imported, the FROM phrase can be used to unqualify the names.2012, Kaare Christian, A Guide to Modula-2, page 179

Questions about unqualifying

What is unqualifying the present participle and gerund of?
Unqualifying is the present participle and gerund of unqualify.

Words near unqualifying in the dictionary

  1. unqualifiedly
  2. unqualifiedness
  3. unqualifies
  4. unqualify
  5. unqualifyed
  6. unqualifying
  7. unqualifyingly
  8. unqualitative
  9. unqualitied
  10. unquality
  11. unquantifiability

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