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Ineligible

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not eligible; forbidden to do something.

    "Employees of the promoter are ineligible to enter the competition."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not eligible wordnet
  2. 2
    prohibited by official rules wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    One who is not eligible.

    "However, migration of workers from the ineligible population into the eligible population also changes the composition of the ineligibles."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French inéligible.

Etymology 2

From French inéligible.

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