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
However, Thompson was ruled ineligible by the NCAA after a rule violation stemming from a purchase of an over-the-counter supplement from a local nutrition store.
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Nick Harris
june 18,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
The Big 12 also stresses that a school that plays an ineligible athlete gains an unfair advantage.
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Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
17 June 2026
Sorsby, who is from the Dallas area, would have to be ineligible from NCAA play to be able to apply for the NFL's supplemental draft.
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CBS News,
17 June 2026
Kenneth Chee, the CEO of Devastating Pyrotechnics, the company at the center of the Esparto case, was ineligible to obtain a federal explosives permit because of a decades-old criminal conviction.
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Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
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Nick Harris
june 18,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
The Big 12 also stresses that a school that plays an ineligible athlete gains an unfair advantage.
—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
17 June 2026
Sorsby, who is from the Dallas area, would have to be ineligible from NCAA play to be able to apply for the NFL's supplemental draft.
—
CBS News,
17 June 2026
Kenneth Chee, the CEO of Devastating Pyrotechnics, the company at the center of the Esparto case, was ineligible to obtain a federal explosives permit because of a decades-old criminal conviction.
—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ineligible
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The disqualified angler, whose identity has not been made public, was reportedly in first place and looking at $100,000 in prize money.
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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.
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There are worse strategies, but perhaps the unfit 18-year-old can’t do it all himself.
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The plan to buy large warehouses unfit for human habitation and spend millions more to convert them to prisons sparked nationwide backlash and pointed resistance in Social Circle and Oakwood.
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Mix Materials The beauty in the unfitted kitchen aesthetic is found in its collected look.
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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.
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“Ineligible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ineligible. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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