ineligible

ineligible
I adjective cast out, disallowed, disapproved, disentitled, disqualified, eliminated, excluded, expelled, improper, inadmissible, inappropriate, inapt, inopportunus, kept out, not considered, not eligible, objectionable, out of the question, outcast, rejected, unacceptable, unadapted, unchosen, undesirable, unentitled, unequipped, unfit, unfitted, unfitting, unqualified, unsuitable, unsuited, unwanted associated concepts: disability, ineligible to run for political office II index inadmissible, inappropriate, undesirable, unfit, unqualified (not competent)

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


ineligible
adj.
Not legally allowed to hold a position or conduct an activity; disqualified.
n.
ineligibility

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