[
UK
/ɪnˈɛlɪdʒəbəl/
]
[ US /ˌɪˈnɛɫɪdʒəbəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˌɪˈnɛɫɪdʒəbəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
prohibited by official rules
an ineligible pass receiver -
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.