noneligible

5.8

Not allowed to take part because you do not meet the rules

adjective
/ˌnɒnˈɛlɪdʒəbl/

: no elegible

The noneligible applicants were disappointed to learn they could not participate in the scholarship program.

Examples

Noneligible veterans continued to receive their usual care through the GRECC outpatient clinic.

Academic text (2007)
Noneligible properties include sites on the National Priorities List (NPL) and sites subject to closure requirements under state or federal solid, hazardous waste, and underground storage tank laws, including sites currently under an enforcement action for cleanup by the director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA).

Academic text (1998)
Many students found out they were noneligible for financial aid due to their family income.
Noneligible participants were advised to review the requirements before applying for the competition.

Synonyms

inadmissible

vsnoneligible

Formal

30 7.7

Not allowed as evidence in a court hearing

is about not meeting the needed requirements to take part

ineligible

vsnoneligible

26 5.0

Not allowed to do or get something because of the rules

is about failing required conditions to take part or to qualify

nonqualifying

vsnoneligible

5.9

Not good enough to move on or be chosen

is about not meeting necessary requirements to participate or to qualify

Antonyms

eligible

265 3.9

Able to be chosen or get something because you meet the rules

How Eligible

eligible

265 3.9

qualified

304 3.0

noneligible

5.8

disqualified

3.9

Surface Forms

noneligible positive

Morphology

noneligible = eligible (transparent) = non + eligible

The adjective is formed by the productive negative prefix 'non-' added to the adjective 'eligible', so its meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Noneligible breaks into non- meaning 'not' and eligible, which comes from an old word meaning 'to choose' and is related to elect; so a noneligible person is 'not chosen' or, more simply, not able or allowed to take part.