Meanings
nounineligibility (usually uncountable, plural ineligibilities)
plural ineligibilities
- uncountableusuallyThe state or quality of being ineligible.
His ineligibility as a contestant was due to his former employment by the sponsor.
Synonyms: disqualification, invalidity, unfitness, unsuitability
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or quality of being ineligible.
Opposite
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Origin
- Frenchinéligibilité
- Englishineligibility
From French inéligibilité, from Middle French.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan inelegibilitat
- inelegibilitatstate or quality of being ineligible
French inéligibilité
- inéligibilitéstate or quality of being ineligible
German Untauglichkeit, Ungeeignetheit
- Untauglichkeitstate or quality of being ineligible
- Ungeeignetheitstate or quality of being ineligible
- Unzulässigkeitstate or quality of being ineligible
Hindi अपात्रता, अयोग्यता
- अपात्रता (apātratā)state or quality of being ineligible
- अयोग्यता (ayogyatā)state or quality of being ineligible
Italian ineleggibilità
- ineleggibilitàstate or quality of being ineligible
Japanese 無資格, 不適格
- 無資格 (mushikaku)state or quality of being ineligible
- 不適格 (futekikaku)state or quality of being ineligible
- 不適任 (futekinin)state or quality of being ineligible
- 潜り (moguri)state or quality of being ineligible
Portuguese inelegibilidade
- inelegibilidadestate or quality of being ineligible
Spanish inelegibilidad
- inelegibilidadstate or quality of being ineligible
Cite this entry
APA
ineligibility. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ineligibility
MLA
“ineligibility.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ineligibility. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ineligibility,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ineligibility.
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