1. (n.) The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetence; disability; as, the disqualification of men for holding certain offices.

2. (n.) 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.

ad lib disability disablement extemporaneousness imbecility improvisation inability inadequacy incapability incapacitation incapacity incompetence incompetency inefficiency ineptitude infancy inferiority insufficiency lack of preparation legal incapacity minority nonpreparation nonpreparedness planlessness unfitness unfittedness unpreparedness unqualification unqualifiedness unreadiness unsuitability unsuitableness unsuitedness vulnerability wardship