ineligible
ineligible adjective: not eligible; forbidden to do something.
Adjective
ineligible (comparative more ineligible, superlative most ineligible)
- Not eligible; forbidden to do something.
- Employees of the promoter are ineligible to enter the competition.
- Synonyms:
- uneligible, unqualified
- Antonyms:
- eligible
Noun
ineligible (plural ineligibles)
- One who is not eligible.
- However, migration of workers from the ineligible population into the eligible population also changes the composition of the ineligibles.2002, Martin Feldstein, A. J. Auerbach, Handbook of Public Economics, page 1227
ineligible meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
ineligible in Hindi
- not eligible; forbidden to do something
- अपात्र apātra
ineligible in Tamil
- தகுதியில்லாத, ஏல்வில்லாத, ஏலுமையற்ற, ஏலுமையின்மை
ineligible in Marathi
- अपात्र
ineligible in Urdu
- not eligible; forbidden to do something
- نااہل nāahal
More languagesFewer languages
- ineligible in Bengali
- অযোগ্য, অনুপযুক্ত, নির্বাচনের অযোগ্য
- ineligible in Telugu
- అనర్హుడు, అనర్హులు
- ineligible in Malayalam
- അർഹതയില്ലാത്ത, അനർഹമായ, അനുമതി നിഷേധിക്കപ്പെട്ട, അയോഗ്യമാക്കപ്പെട്ട
- ineligible in Kannada
- ಅರ್ಹನಲ್ಲದ, ತಕ್ಕದ್ದಲ್ಲದ, ಅಯೋಗ್ಯ, ತಕ್ಕವನಲ್ಲದ
- ineligible in Gujarati
- ગેરલાયક, અપાત્ર
- ineligible in Odia
- ଅଯୋଗ୍ଯ଼, ଅଯୋଗ୍ଯ
- ineligible in Nepali
- अयोग्य, अपात्र
Synonyms of ineligible
Antonyms
Forms of ineligible
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more ineligible |
| superlative | most ineligible |
| Noun | |
| plural | ineligibles |
Origin of ineligible
From French inéligible.
Words formed from ineligible
Questions about ineligible
- What does ineligible mean?
- Ineligible means not eligible; forbidden to do something.
- What is ineligible in Hindi?
- Ineligible in Hindi is अपात्र (apātra). See Ineligible meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ineligible?
- Ineligible can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near ineligible in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ineligible (page history and authors); ineligible (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ineligible (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Ineligible (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ineligible (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ineligible (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ineligible (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ineligible (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ineligible (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ineligible (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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