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.
• Guard Joel Bitonio was flagged for ineligible man downfield to take the Browns out of field goal range.
  — cleveland, 2 Oct. 2022
• Athletes would be ineligible for the first half of the season.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 3 Dec. 2022
• There are also pick swaps on the draft picks ineligible for trade.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 22 May 2024
• Sparks is set to appear in court Wednesday and is ineligible for bail, jail records show.
  — Nicole Chavez, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024
• Edwards said of the 94 voters the account thought were ineligible in Polk County, 14 were removed from the rolls.
  — Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 30 May 2024
• The only award Hopkins is ineligible for is the Pro Bowl this season.
  — Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 10 Nov. 2022
• Venezuela’s supreme court rules Machado ineligible to run in the election.
  — Ana Vanessa Herrero, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
• The Supreme Court rules that Gilani is ineligible to hold office.
  — CNN, 13 Sep. 2022
• But all the attention is on Muth, who was ineligible to run at Churchill Downs because he is trained by Baffert.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
• Those who attempt to seek asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border will be turned back and ineligible for the parole program, Biden added.
  — Hamed Aleaziz, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
• With James Madison still ineligible for the championship and bowl game, Marshall is the dark horse in the East thanks to the makings of a terrific defense.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
• Active players who are on 40-man rosters for any of the 30 Major League Baseball teams were ineligible for the Olympics.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• If Indiana can’t snap a 26-game losing streak against Ohio State, the Hoosiers would also be ineligible for a bowl.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 12 Nov. 2022
• 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
• In New Hampshire, 13% of people deemed ineligible in the first month have asked for extra time to provide the necessary records.
  — Hannah Recht, USA TODAY, 1 June 2023
• High school golf advocates said that could make the course ineligible to host their matches.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2023
• One problem: Gajecki was a junior and ineligible for the draft.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2023
• 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
• People who aren't Prime members or those who have already used the Photos app are ineligible for the credit.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 10 July 2024
• However, those at highest risk of stroke are under the age of 40 and are ineligible for Shingrix.
  — Andrew Bubak, The Conversation, 20 Dec. 2022
• The fund sued the city after city officials determined two board members would be ineligible to seek new terms due to the new limits and the board disagreed.
  — Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 27 Mar. 2023
• But the perpetrator, who had been ineligible to legally possess a gun, had needed to go to great lengths to fashion a weapon.
  — Ladka Bauerova, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2022
• Mingus will be ineligible for this spring's state track meet and next fall's state cross country meet with the one-year probation status.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2023
• Four senators have served in the Legislature for 20 years or longer and would be ineligible to run again.
  — Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2023
• Those who responded but were ineligible for MassHealth have not lost coverage over the last three years.
  — Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Mar. 2023
• The term is two years instead of the normal four, because a candidate elected in 2022 was deemed ineligible.
  — Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2024
• Additionally, people convicted of a third crime of violence — a wider swath of crimes — would be ineligible for any type of early release and would be required to serve an entire sentence on their third conviction.
  — Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2024
• Despite continuing to deny the allegations, Rose agreed to be banished to MLB’s ineligible list.
  — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024