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 blue-collar, overwhelmingly Latino city faces a lawsuit by former Councilmember Esmeralda Castillo, who alleges she was illegally removed in February in the wake of an investigation that determined Castillo didn’t live within city limits and was thus ineligible to serve.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
According to the California Department of Social Services, common types of welfare fraud include failing to report income, listing ineligible or non-resident children on aid applications, and concealing the presence of another parent in the household.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
All others are listed as available, with the two-way players Josh Christopher, Isaiah Stevens and Dru Smith ineligible for the postseason.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2025
Safety Lewis Cine — drafted with the No. 32 pick by the Minnesota Vikings — is ineligible for the fifth-year option after he was released before the 2024 season.
—Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
According to the California Department of Social Services, common types of welfare fraud include failing to report income, listing ineligible or non-resident children on aid applications, and concealing the presence of another parent in the household.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
All others are listed as available, with the two-way players Josh Christopher, Isaiah Stevens and Dru Smith ineligible for the postseason.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2025
Safety Lewis Cine — drafted with the No. 32 pick by the Minnesota Vikings — is ineligible for the fifth-year option after he was released before the 2024 season.
—Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ineligible
Adjective
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That said, to be displaced is to be object, material, pushed across borders, overloaded into boats, stuffed into unfit vehicles, herded over mountains by smugglers.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
21 May 2025
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When Eleanor gives birth to a baby named Lily and—in Ruth’s eyes—proves unfit to care for her, Ruth decides to raise the girl alone.—
Sophia Stewart,
The Atlantic,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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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 25 May. 2025.
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