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  • noun Plural form of disqualifier.

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Examples

  • This dilettante approach to government, the inability to take sound counsel, the tabloid-worthy family life, the wilfull celebration of ignorance and anti-intellectualism all should be immediate disqualifiers.

    Palin to step down as governor, not seeking re-election 2009

  • There should be four disqualifiers for this office:

    Lynch takes steps to run for Kennedy seat 2009

  • Military officials said failing the drug tests or lying about prior drug use or convictions are among the most common disqualifiers for service.

    Jared Loughner unable to enlist in Army because of drug use Josh White 2011

  • From there I ease into Evolution Phase Shift, then disengage hard with more false disqualifiers.

    Get Laid or Die Trying Jeff Allen 2011

  • From there I ease into Evolution Phase Shift, then disengage hard with more false disqualifiers.

    Get Laid or Die Trying Jeff Allen 2011

  • "His love for a socialist-style universal health care system and his alarming obsession with protectionist policies are automatic disqualifiers among free-market conservatives," Chocola said.

    Club for Growth slams Trump as 'tax-hiking liberal' 2011

  • Obama has had a many years long relationship with Jeremiah Wright -- and sat on a board with William Ayers -- NEITHER of which I think are disqualifiers for Obama's candidacy ... and yet Obama's political team and Obama himself did not demand from Asbahi that he stay on the team, stand his ground, and fight back against the vile right-wing hit on him and his credibility?!

    Wrong...Wrong...Wrong: Obama Lets Muslim Advisor Resign 2010

  • Only about three in 10 people qualify to join the Army, and one of the biggest disqualifiers is the physical, which includes meeting the weight standards.

    Too Fat to Fight? Army Recruiters Discuss New Report 2010

  • Obama has had a many years long relationship with Jeremiah Wright -- and sat on a board with William Ayers -- NEITHER of which I think are disqualifiers for Obama's candidacy ... and yet Obama's political team and Obama himself did not demand from Asbahi that he stay on the team, stand his ground, and fight back against the vile right-wing hit on him and his credibility?!

    Steve Clemons: Wrong...Wrong...Wrong: Obama Lets Muslim Advisor Resign 2010

  • Questions of gender preference, theological apostasy, and all manner of cultural divergence frequently become overt or covert disqualifiers to mutual respect and acceptance.

    Why We All Just Can't Get Along 2009

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