"ineligible" meaning in English

See ineligible in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more ineligible [comparative], most ineligible [superlative]
Etymology: From French inéligible. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|inéligible}} French inéligible Head templates: {{en-adj}} ineligible (comparative more ineligible, superlative most ineligible)
  1. Not eligible; forbidden to do something. Synonyms: unqualified Related terms: ineligibility, ineligibly, unlicensed Translations (not eligible; forbidden to do something): неподходящ (nepodhodjašt) (Bulgarian), неприемлив (nepriemliv) (Bulgarian), inelegible (Catalan), 沒有資格的 (Chinese Mandarin), 没有资格的 (méiyǒu zīgé de) (Chinese Mandarin), 不合格的 (bù hégé de) (Chinese Mandarin), kelpaamaton (Finnish), inéligible (French), inelixible (Galician), untauglich (German), nem jogosult (Hungarian), számba/szóba nem jöhető (Hungarian), nem megfelelő (Hungarian), el nem fogadható (Hungarian), alkalmatlan (Hungarian), elfogadhatatlan (Hungarian), kizárt (Hungarian), ineligibile (Interlingua), ineleggibile (Italian), 無資格の (mushikaku no) (Japanese), 不適任な (futekinin na) (Japanese), できない (dekinai) (Japanese), inelegível (Portuguese), neovlašten (Serbo-Croatian), inelegible (Spanish), نااہل (nāahal) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-ineligible-en-adj-lIt0rwpq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 73 27

Noun

Forms: ineligibles [plural]
Etymology: From French inéligible. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|inéligible}} French inéligible Head templates: {{en-noun}} ineligible (plural ineligibles)
  1. One who is not eligible.
    Sense id: en-ineligible-en-noun-fgBeNbxG

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for ineligible meaning in English (5.2kB)

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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not eligible; forbidden to do something",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not eligible; forbidden to do something",
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        },
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not eligible; forbidden to do something",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "not eligible; forbidden to do something",
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          "sense": "not eligible; forbidden to do something",
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      "sense": "not eligible; forbidden to do something",
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      "sense": "not eligible; forbidden to do something",
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      "sense": "not eligible; forbidden to do something",
      "word": "inéligible"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "not eligible; forbidden to do something",
      "word": "inelixible"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "not eligible; forbidden to do something",
      "word": "untauglich"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not eligible; forbidden to do something",
      "word": "nem jogosult"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not eligible; forbidden to do something",
      "word": "számba/szóba nem jöhető"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not eligible; forbidden to do something",
      "word": "nem megfelelő"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not eligible; forbidden to do something",
      "word": "el nem fogadható"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not eligible; forbidden to do something",
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      "sense": "not eligible; forbidden to do something",
      "word": "elfogadhatatlan"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not eligible; forbidden to do something",
      "word": "kizárt"
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      "sense": "not eligible; forbidden to do something",
      "word": "ineligibile"
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not eligible; forbidden to do something",
      "word": "ineleggibile"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mushikaku no",
      "sense": "not eligible; forbidden to do something",
      "word": "無資格の"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "futekinin na",
      "sense": "not eligible; forbidden to do something",
      "word": "不適任な"
    },
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      "sense": "not eligible; forbidden to do something",
      "word": "できない"
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      "sense": "not eligible; forbidden to do something",
      "word": "inelegível"
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      "sense": "not eligible; forbidden to do something",
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      "sense": "not eligible; forbidden to do something",
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      "sense": "not eligible; forbidden to do something",
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