ineligible

[ in-el-i-juh-buhl ]

/ ɪnˈɛl ɪ dʒə bəl /

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adjective

not eligible; not permitted or suitable: Employees are ineligible in this contest.

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.

OTHER WORDS FOR ineligible

1 disqualified, unsuitable.

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Origin of ineligible

First recorded in 1760–70; in-³ + eligible

OTHER WORDS FROM ineligible

in·el·i·gi·bil·i·ty, in·el·i·gi·ble·ness, nounin·el·i·gi·bly, adverb

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How to use ineligible in a sentence

A company will get rules 1-4 right but will use some language that makes the result ineligible for the featured snippet.
Featured snippets: The 9 rules of optimization|Chris Long|November 2, 2020|Search Engine Land
They may not meet a trial’s inclusion criteria—they may be too old or too young, or have comorbidities such as high blood pressure that make them ineligible.
Drug companies shouldn’t play favorites in granting access to experimental covid-19 treatments|Amy Nordrum|October 24, 2020|MIT Technology Review
She said different prosecutors could handle the state’s ineligible voting law differently, noting that Georgia’s secretary of state vowed to investigate about 1,000 people who allegedly voted twice in elections this year.
In Florida, the Gutting of a Landmark Law Leaves Few Felons Likely to Vote|by Lawrence Mower and Langston Taylor, Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times|October 7, 2020|ProPublica
A program supporting Americans who are typically ineligible for unemployment benefits will expire at the end of the year, with millions still relying on it as the labor market sputters.
A key pandemic unemployment program is set to expire, even as 11 million Americans rely on it|Courtenay Brown|September 25, 2020|Axios

Plus, they were pleased to be able to allow several workers ineligible for unemployment to continue working.
At Jackie, food is a catalyst for conversation|Evan Caplan|September 24, 2020|Washington Blade
The decrees on the ineligibility of the high Bonapartist functionaries only affected shadows.
History of the Commune of 1871|P. Lissagary
"A certain sort of ineligibility, dear boy," returned the lady with a flattering cadence.
Jewel|Clara Louise Burnham
Ineligibility of slaveholders—never another vote to the trafficker in human flesh!
The Impending Crisis of the South|Hinton Rowan Helper
Finding it difficult to explain his convictions of her ineligibility, Clarence thought it equally crushing not to give any.
A Waif of the Plains|Bret Harte
“My dear, you should know better than to suggest that the ineligibility of any man is obvious,” said Mrs. Thrale.
A Nest of Linnets|Frank Frankfort Moore

British Dictionary definitions for ineligible

ineligible

/ (ɪnˈɛlɪdʒəbəl) /

adjective

(often foll by for or an infinitive) not fit or qualifiedineligible for a grant; ineligible to vote

noun

an ineligible person

Derived forms of ineligible

ineligibility or ineligibleness, nounineligibly, adverb

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