Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Disqualified by law, rule, or provision.
- adjective Unworthy of being chosen; unfit.
- noun One that is not eligible.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not eligible, in general; unworthy of choice; unsuitable; inexpedient: as, an ineligible site for a building.
- Specifically, not eligible to a specified office or post of honor; legally or otherwise disqualified.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not eligible; not qualified to be chosen (for an office, post, position); not worthy to be chosen or preferred; not expedient or desirable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
eligible .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective prohibited by official rules
- adjective not eligible
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Examples
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Or that that same boy who flunked out of school – who was labelled ineligible for university – would be asked to lecture at Yale this October?
René Redzepi: 'What we eat matters. There's no conflict between a better meal and a better world' 2011
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If that is true he was ineligible from the git-go.
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The so-called "ineligible patients" are those from countries not listed among the nine nations with which Australia has reciprocal healthcare agreements allowing costs to be recovered.
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A Washington state Supreme Court decision in 2006 forced the Boy Scouts of America to open up its entire collection of perversion files, formally known as the "ineligible volunteer list," to a legal team representing two brothers abused by their scout leader.
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For qualified borrowers who are already identified as ineligible for a permanent
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Twenty-eight persons have been nominated for the position of Vice Chairman, one of whom has been classified as ineligible to be a candidate.
Stabroek News 2009
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• DFAS employees fired after security review: They were terminated or indefinitely suspended after they were found "ineligible" to meet security requirements of the job.
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Instead, conservatives claim, the law says homosexuals are "ineligible" to serve, whether open or not.
Nathaniel Frank: Refuting the Latest Arguments Against Gay Troops 2009
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Responding in the government's court filing, Col. Vargo claimed that Zuhair's "history of disciplinary infractions" -- 80 in the last four months, apparently -- made him "ineligible" for Camp 4, and added, as the Associated Press described it, that "agreeing to transfer him would create a 'very real risk' that other prisoners will seek similar deals."
Andy Worthington: Guantanamo's Long-Term Hunger Striker Should Be Sent Home 2009
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Having paid in tens (hundreds?) of thousands to FICA and corporate health insurers during my decades as a senior executive, I am now "ineligible" for any coverage in the US.
Claudia Ricci: On Health Care, Why Can't We Do Better than Uganda?? Sandy 2009
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