How to Use ineligible in a Sentence

ineligible

adjective
  • They are ineligible for a loan.
  • Previously ineligible patients may now be able to participate in the study.
  • Ige has served two four-year terms and is ineligible to run again.
    — Audrey McAvoy, ajc, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Dagon is termed out and ineligible to run.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026
  • He was booked on the homicide charge and is ineligible for bail.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2025
  • There are also pick swaps on the draft picks ineligible for trade.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 22 May 2024
  • About half are ineligible; the trial doesn’t have room for all those who are.
    — Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Those who did not file a claim are ineligible to receive a payment.
    — Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Those who did not file a claim are ineligible to receive a payment.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The feds would refuse to send ballots to people deemed ineligible to cast them.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The feds would refuse to send ballots to people deemed ineligible to cast them.
    — George Skelton, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Flagg would have been ineligible for this year’s draft if he was born 11 days later.
    — Christian Clark, New York Times, 25 June 2025
  • Athletes would be ineligible for the first half of the season.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 3 Dec. 2022
  • High school golf advocates said that could make the course ineligible to host their matches.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Sparks is set to appear in court Wednesday and is ineligible for bail, jail records show.
    — Nicole Chavez, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024
  • This includes teams that will fall short of the five-win mark or teams that are ineligible for non-football reasons.
    — Erik Buchinger, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The man who shot the gun is being booked for possession of a firearm by an ineligible person.
    — Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2026
  • So Luka might be the scoring champ but ineligible for awards.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Students who live close to school will continue to be ineligible for the new passes.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 25 July 2024
  • Starters who pitch on the Sunday before the game are ineligible.
    — Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 July 2021
  • Lee remains in custody and is ineligible for bail.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
  • If found guilty, Bolsonaro could be ruled ineligible to run for public office for up to eight years.
    — Julia Vargas Jones, CNN, 22 June 2023
  • Jalen Williams has missed most of the year and thus is ineligible for postseason honors.
    — The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Venezuela’s supreme court rules Machado ineligible to run in the election.
    — Ana Vanessa Herrero, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
  • Moving out of Clarendon Hills leaves her ineligible to serve on the board there.
    — Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2022
  • Other providers are trying to jump in on this windfall, driving up the cost even more by filing ineligible claims.
    — James Gelfand, STAT, 20 Mar. 2026
  • When was the last time we were told that a player was academically ineligible to play?
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
  • In April 2022, he was moved to the ineligible list.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 6 June 2026
  • Purifoy was ruled to be ineligible for the first 30% of the next season.
    — Bennett Durando, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2021
  • Kelly, a Democrat, won her seat twice, making her ineligible to run again.
    — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2026

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