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ineligible
[ in-el-i-juh-buhl ]
adjective
- not eligible; not permitted or suitable:
Employees are ineligible in this contest.
Synonyms: unsuitable
- legally disqualified to hold an office.
- legally disqualified to function as a juror, voter, witness, etc., or to become the recipient of a privilege.
noun
- a person who is ineligible, as a suitor or team member.
ineligible
/ ɪnˈɛlɪdʒəbəl /
adjective
- often foll byfor or an infinitive not fit or qualified
ineligible to vote
ineligible for a grant
noun
- an ineligible person
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Derived Forms
- inˌeligiˈbility, noun
- inˈeligibly, adverb
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Other Words From
- in·eli·gi·bili·ty in·eli·gi·ble·ness noun
- in·eli·gi·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ineligible1
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Example Sentences
Today it would be considered a felony, classifying him as a “two-timer” and therefore ineligible for special release.
When they do leave prison, these men are largely unemployable and ineligible to vote, and often end up back in the system.
A Republican activist filed a complaint that Perez was ineligible because he had only joined the Maryland bar in 2001.
You should already see where this is going: Existing black neighborhoods were lined as unsafe, and thus ineligible for financing.
Any person found to use multiple Twitter usernames or multiple Twitter updates to enter will be ineligible.
No evidence exists that there was ever any law making a Roman tribune ineligible for relection.
Mr. Jefferson was inclined at first to have the President elected for seven years, and be thereafter ineligible.
Perhaps he would like a list of the ineligible young men in the neighbourhood?
That she may have to marry a more ineligible person than the one refused is here implied.
He was thrown into prison and, in 1572, was sentenced to penance and reclusion, thus rendering him ineligible.
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