Meaning & use
ineligible
Not qualified or entitled to do, receive, or participate in something.
See it in a sentence
Students who missed the deadline were ineligible for the scholarship this semester.
He became ineligible to vote in the local election after moving out of the district.
A note on using this word
Ineligible is typically followed by 'for' before a noun and 'to' before a verb: ineligible for a prize, ineligible to apply.
Words with a similar meaning
unqualifieddisqualified
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