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ineligible
[ in-el-i-juh-buhl ]
adjective
- not eligible; not permitted or suitable:
Employees are ineligible in this contest.
Synonyms:
- 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
/ ɪˈɛɪəə /
adjective
- often foll byfor or an infinitive not fit or qualified
ineligible to vote
ineligible for a grant
noun
- an ineligible person
Derived Forms
- ˌˈٲ, noun
- ˈ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·i··i·ٲ ·i···Ա noun
- ·i·· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ineligible1
Example Sentences
The cap would be incrementally reduced for families making more than $200,000 a year, with families becoming ineligible for the credit when their annual incomes reach $300,000.
Citizenship and Immigration Services, an agency under the Department of Homeland Security, grants temporary parole on a discretionary basis to people who may be inadmissible or ineligible to be admitted to the U.S.
Since she has been ruled ineligible, Le Pen has said she will not "let herself be eliminated like this".
It would also raise questions over the 12th Amendment, which states that “no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President.”
Aged 27 at the time, he needed a transplant but was ineligible for the waiting list due to his weight.
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