ineligible
adjective
not eligible; not permitted or suitable.
ineligibility
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a word derived from
ineligible.
Example Sentences
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The state advocate asked this time for one year, not two, with an electronic tag, but again the key part: five years ineligibility.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Guardiola was without 11 senior players in Norway through either injury, illness, suspension or ineligibility.
From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026
The county responded by sending information on 17 individuals, including their names and addresses, who either self-reported being noncitizens or whose ineligibility was confirmed by the Orange County district attorney’s office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2025
They face Bishop Montgomery, which lost five transfers to ineligibility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2025
The third section, he said, had been wholly changed by substituting the ineligibility of certain high officials for the disfranchisement of all rebels until 1870.
From Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by James Gillespie Blaine
