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
Additionally, asylum seekers, asylees, refugees and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients would be ineligible.
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 11 Mar. 2026
Because Ian passed his road test at 18 as a first-time driver in Maryland, the state issued him a provisional license, leaving him ineligible for employer insurance and out of a job.
—Brendan Hellweg, Baltimore Sun, 9 Mar. 2026
Petro is ineligible for reelection because the constitution bars a sitting president from running for a consecutive second term.
—ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
House Bill 1362 would make billionaire health care executive Rick Jackson ineligible to run for governor.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 6 Mar. 2026
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 11 Mar. 2026
Because Ian passed his road test at 18 as a first-time driver in Maryland, the state issued him a provisional license, leaving him ineligible for employer insurance and out of a job.
—Brendan Hellweg, Baltimore Sun, 9 Mar. 2026
Petro is ineligible for reelection because the constitution bars a sitting president from running for a consecutive second term.
—ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
House Bill 1362 would make billionaire health care executive Rick Jackson ineligible to run for governor.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ineligible
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Patterson initially 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.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
20 Nov. 2025
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She was charged with dangerous driving occasioning death, fail to stop and assist after vehicle impact causing death and driving a motor vehicle with a disqualified license, stated the NSW release.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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The National Construction Authority found that 58% of the buildings in Nairobi were unfit for habitation.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026
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If venue personnel deem any person to be a threat, or otherwise unfit, in their sole discretion, he or she will not be permitted access and shall forfeit the prize.—
AJC.com,
AJC.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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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 18 Mar. 2026.
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