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ineligible

[ in-el-i-juh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. not eligible; not permitted or suitable:

    Employees are ineligible in this contest.

    Synonyms:

  2. legally disqualified to hold an office.
  3. legally disqualified to function as a juror, voter, witness, etc., or to become the recipient of a privilege.


noun

  1. a person who is ineligible, as a suitor or team member.

ineligible

/ ɪˈɛɪəə /

adjective

  1. often foll byfor or an infinitive not fit or qualified

    ineligible to vote

    ineligible for a grant

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an ineligible person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈٲ, noun
  • ˈ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·i··i·ٲ ·i···Ա noun
  • ·i·· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of ineligible1

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

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Since she has been ruled ineligible, Le Pen has said she will not "let herself be eliminated like this".

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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.”

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Aged 27 at the time, he needed a transplant but was ineligible for the waiting list due to his weight.

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On the day he was to put on his cadet uniform for the first time, the school declared him medically ineligible because of his childhood disease.

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