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
On March 11, per the statement of charges, a Title IX decision maker asserted that Haley should be terminated from her employment with the school district and deemed ineligible for rehire.
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Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
They were subsequently declared ineligible for that year's Best Original Score Oscar — remarkable considering this was, by several hundred light-years, the most original score out there.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2026
House Bill 730 would require the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to enter into a data-matching agreement with the State Lottery Commission to identify households with lottery winnings of $3,000 or more, refer certain cases for investigation and disenroll ineligible households.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 30 Mar. 2026
Undocumented immigrants will remain ineligible for free food, maintaining a long-term status quo (eligibility is limited to citizens and legal permanent residents) on that front.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2026
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Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
They were subsequently declared ineligible for that year's Best Original Score Oscar — remarkable considering this was, by several hundred light-years, the most original score out there.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2026
House Bill 730 would require the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to enter into a data-matching agreement with the State Lottery Commission to identify households with lottery winnings of $3,000 or more, refer certain cases for investigation and disenroll ineligible households.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 30 Mar. 2026
Undocumented immigrants will remain ineligible for free food, maintaining a long-term status quo (eligibility is limited to citizens and legal permanent residents) on that front.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ineligible
Adjective
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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.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2026
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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
Adjective
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One of the panelists was Peter Beinart, the writer whose book had been deemed unfit for study at Beth El.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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There’s a longstanding debate about the relative health effects of being overweight versus being aerobically unfit.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
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 6 Apr. 2026.
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