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Definition of ineligible adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ineligible

adjective
 
/ɪnˈelɪdʒəbl/
 
/ɪnˈelɪdʒəbl/
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  1. not having the necessary qualifications to have or to do something
    • ineligible (for something) ineligible for financial assistance
    • The new rules have made thousands more people ineligible for legal aid.
    • ineligible (to do something) ineligible to vote
    opposite eligible
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • become
    • make somebody/​something
    preposition
    • for
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    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from in- ‘not’ + eligible.
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