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ineligible

[ UK /ɪnˈɛlɪd‍ʒəbə‍l/ ]
[ US /ˌɪˈnɛɫɪdʒəbəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. prohibited by official rules
    an ineligible pass receiver
  2. not eligible
    ineligible for retirement benefits
    ineligible to vote

How To Use ineligible In A Sentence

  • He was declared ineligible for the competition because he worked for the company that ran it.
  • Many people became ineligible to receive state aid because their earnings were above the new limit.
  • The 6% excise tax may also apply to ineligible rollovers unless they are corrected in a timely manner.
  • About 90 have died or become ineligible to attend through ill health or other reasons. Times, Sunday Times
  • If that is true he was ineligible from the git-go. Palin defends Obama birth certificate inquiries
  • I have found that one employee has a conviction for speeding and so now becomes ineligible to use company cars. Times, Sunday Times
  • The country had been declared ineligible for World Bank lending.
  • At Montgomery Blair High School, Francis was academically ineligible as a freshman, and then a third string varsity bench warmer as a sophomore.
  • The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled on Tuesday that Young, who flunked a steroid test in 1999, should have been ineligible for the Sydney Games.
  • It is the taint of Eton that makes him ineligible to lead the Tory Party, in the view of some who believe that counterfeiting Blairism is the road to power.
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