ineligibility
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7.7
- noun
- /ˌɪnˌɛlɪdʒəˈbɪlɪti/
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ineligibilidad
- Executive director Jacques de Larosière told Peru to pay $75 million in arrears by April, or face ineligibility for further funds.
- reason for ineligibility
Examples
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The most common reason for ineligibility was being either too old or too young for our target age group.
Academic text (2000) -
In the Al-Watan electronic newspaper, it was indicated that the Disciplinary Committee of anti-doping banned eight players from continuing participation in local and international competitions during the period of ineligibility after it was proved that they used anabolic steroids.
Academic text (2014) -
The reasons for ineligibility remained unclear in 1% of the patients.
Academic text (1994) -
My sister hadn't, of course, been able to tell my father about her academic ineligibility.
Fiction book (1995) -
Know that certain transfers are exempt from the ineligibility penalties.
Academic text (1998) -
Permanent ineligibility for research means a victory for these chimpanzees.
Blog text (12) -
Societal regard for this core is the basis upon which society draws the boundaries for eligibility and ineligibility.
Blog text (23) -
A California study targeting Latino residents revealed that the most common reasons Hispanics lacked health insurance were low income, absence of or ineligibility for an employer-sponsored health plan, and birth outside of the United States or recent immigration (Greenwald, O'Keefe, & DiCamillo, 2005).
Academic text (2008) -
The penalty for not meeting the criteria was a six-month period of ineligibility for the scholarship program.
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Due to a missed deadline, she faced ineligibility to apply for the student exchange program.
Synonyms
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9.9
Not allowed in a legal case, especially as evidence
The state of something not being allowed by rules or law
Antonyms
How Eligible
Surface Forms
Morphology
ineligibility = ineligible (transparent) = in + eligible + ity
This is a regular noun formation from the adjective 'ineligible', meaning the state or quality of being ineligible.
Etymology
The word ineligibility is made from in- meaning 'not' and eligible, which comes from a root that means 'to choose', like in elect. So ineligibility is the state of 'not being chosen' or 'not being allowed'.