ineligible

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: in=el=i=gi=ble

CIDE DICTIONARY

ineligible, a. [Pref. in- not + eligible: cf. F. inéligible.].

 Not eligible; not qualified to be chosen (for an office, post, position); not worthy to be chosen or preferred; not expedient or desirable.  Burke.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ineligible, adj.
1 not eligible.
2 undesirable.

Derivative

ineligibility n. ineligibly adv.

ROGET THESAURUS

ineligible

Inexpedience

N inexpedience, inexpediency, undesirableness, undesirability, discommodity, impropriety, unfitness, inutility, disadvantage, inexpedient, undesirable, unadvisable, inadvisable, objectionable, inapt, ineligible, inadmissible, inconvenient, incommodious, discommodious, disadvantageous, inappropriate, unfit, ill-contrived, ill-advised, unsatisfactory, unprofitable, unsubservient, inopportune, out of place, in the wrong place, improper, unseemly, clumsy, awkward, cumbrous, cumbersome, lumbering, unwieldy, hulky, unmanageable, impedient, unnecessary, it will never do.