How to Use ineligible in a Sentence

ineligible

adjective

• They are ineligible for a loan.
• Previously ineligible patients may now be able to participate in the study.
• Ige has served two four-year terms and is ineligible to run again.
  — Audrey McAvoy, ajc, 13 Aug. 2022
• He was booked on the homicide charge and is ineligible for bail.
  — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2025
• About half are ineligible; the trial doesn’t have room for all those who are.
  — Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 14 Nov. 2024
• It’s the only age group left in the U.S. that is ineligible to receive a Covid-19 vaccine.
  — Robert Hart, Forbes, 23 May 2022
• They were declared ineligible last week, the result of a tie vote by the Board of State Canvassers.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 31 May 2022
• Guard Joel Bitonio was flagged for ineligible man downfield to take the Browns out of field goal range.
  — cleveland, 2 Oct. 2022
• Athletes would be ineligible for the first half of the season.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 3 Dec. 2022
• There are also pick swaps on the draft picks ineligible for trade.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 22 May 2024
• Purifoy was ruled to be ineligible for the first 30% of the next season.
  — Bennett Durando, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2021
• Moving out of Clarendon Hills leaves her ineligible to serve on the board there.
  — Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2022
• Flagg would have been ineligible for this year’s draft if he was born 11 days later.
  — Christian Clark, New York Times, 25 June 2025
• Sparks is set to appear in court Wednesday and is ineligible for bail, jail records show.
  — Nicole Chavez, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024
• Starters who pitch on the Sunday before the game are ineligible.
  — Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 July 2021
• Edwards said of the 94 voters the account thought were ineligible in Polk County, 14 were removed from the rolls.
  — Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 30 May 2024
• The only award Hopkins is ineligible for is the Pro Bowl this season.
  — Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 10 Nov. 2022
• All of them, like Cox, had been 25 or younger at the time of their crimes and were otherwise ineligible for parole due to the nature of their convictions.
  — Kelan Lyons, courant.com, 20 Nov. 2021
• Venezuela’s supreme court rules Machado ineligible to run in the election.
  — Ana Vanessa Herrero, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
• The Supreme Court rules that Gilani is ineligible to hold office.
  — CNN, 13 Sep. 2022
• But all the attention is on Muth, who was ineligible to run at Churchill Downs because he is trained by Baffert.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
• Those who attempt to seek asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border will be turned back and ineligible for the parole program, Biden added.
  — Hamed Aleaziz, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
• With James Madison still ineligible for the championship and bowl game, Marshall is the dark horse in the East thanks to the makings of a terrific defense.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
• Players on the restricted list are ineligible to play but are not free agents.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2022
• Beyond that, Profar will be ineligible for the postseason if the Braves can turn their season around and make it there.
  — Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
• But the youngest people remain ineligible for the shots.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Jan. 2022
• Active players who are on 40-man rosters for any of the 30 Major League Baseball teams were ineligible for the Olympics.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• If Indiana can’t snap a 26-game losing streak against Ohio State, the Hoosiers would also be ineligible for a bowl.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 12 Nov. 2022
• Any player who doesn’t participate in the All-Star Game without approval from the league is ineligible in their club’s next match.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2025
• The Department of Justice is going state by state to scrutinize how officials manage their voter rolls and remove ineligible voters.
  — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 26 July 2025