ineligibleadjective
uk/ɪˈnel.ɪ.dʒə.bəl/us/ˌɪnˈel.ɪ.dʒə.bəl/not allowed to do or have something, according to particular rules:
He was declared ineligible for the competition because he worked for the company that ran it.
Many people became ineligible to receive aid because their earnings were above the new limit.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unsuitable and unacceptable
- amiss
- beneath your dignity idiom
- beyond
- beyond the pale idiom
- delegitimize
- grain
- improper
- inapt
- incorrect
- indecent
- infelicitous
- infra dig
- offend
- offend against sth
- raffish
- room
- square peg (in a round hole) idiom
- that will never do! idiom
- unfit
- vulgar
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ineligibility
noun [ U ] uk/ɪˌnel.ɪ.dʒəˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/ˌɪn.el.ɪ.dʒəˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/