as in disqualified
not allowed to do or be something
Previously ineligible patients may now be able to participate in the study. She was ineligible for the contest.
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Recent Examples of ineligible
The National Immigration Law Center recently published a guide explaining some of the potential risks of using the app, such as leaving the country without closing an immigration court case and becoming ineligible for a future visa.
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Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025
Losing or changing jobs can also cause households that were previously ineligible to qualify for assistance.
—Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 9 Oct. 2025
South Africa had been even further clear of Nigeria but were recently docked three points by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for fielding an ineligible player in a 2-0 win against Lesotho in March.
—Jay Harris, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Most contentiously, these rollbacks to Medicaid cuts would reverse restrictions that made immigrants who are generally present in the country legally, such as refugees and asylum-seekers, ineligible for Medicaid and ACA coverage.
—Simon F. Haeder, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
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Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025
Losing or changing jobs can also cause households that were previously ineligible to qualify for assistance.
—Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 9 Oct. 2025
South Africa had been even further clear of Nigeria but were recently docked three points by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for fielding an ineligible player in a 2-0 win against Lesotho in March.
—Jay Harris, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Most contentiously, these rollbacks to Medicaid cuts would reverse restrictions that made immigrants who are generally present in the country legally, such as refugees and asylum-seekers, ineligible for Medicaid and ACA coverage.
—Simon F. Haeder, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ineligible
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Patterson was charged with one count of election fraud — voting by disqualified person, which is a Class I felony and punishable by not more than $10,000, or imprisoned up to 3½ years, or both.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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The rules will apply to any student loan payments made after July 1, 2026, so borrowers working for disqualified employers will not have any of their payments counted toward loan forgiveness if they’re made after that date.—
Alison Durkee,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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However, if temperatures fluctuate unpredictably, going below or above the average, all the low-var animals will be unfit and unable to pass on their genes.—
Shraddha Lall,
The Conversation,
16 Oct. 2025
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But rivals like former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and former California State Controller Betty Yee are already framing her as unfit for office.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Mix Materials The beauty in the unfitted kitchen aesthetic is found in its collected look.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 May 2025
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The venerable American clan at the center of the narrator’s reminiscences are wholly unfitted to the modern world and no longer endowed with the fortune that one of them brought home long ago on clipper ships.—
Daniel Akst,
WSJ,
2 Sep. 2022
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“Ineligible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ineligible. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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