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失格

disqualification, being disqualified, being unfit (for a role), failure as a ...

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失 loss; lose + 格 status or qualification
noun Rare #41,407
disqualification, being disqualified Often used with する or になる to mean “be disqualified.”
JA: 遅刻すると失格です。
EN: If you arrive late, you’re disqualified.
being unfit (for a role), failure as a ... Used after a role or identity, as in 人間失格 (“a failure as a human being”).
JA: 私は親として失格だと思う。
EN: I think I’m unfit to be a parent.

失格！

Disqualified!

— Pompo the Cinephile (2021)

僕らは失格になる

We'll be disqualified.

— ライフ・イズ・ビューティフル (1997)

“失格した”

I was disqualified.

— 海の上のピアニスト (1998)