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INELIGIBILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality or state of being ineligible
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("ineligibility" is a kind of...):
making; qualification (an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ineligibility"):
uninsurability (the quality of being uninsurable; the conditions under which an insurance company will refuse to issue insurance to an applicant (based on standards set by the insurance company))
Antonym:
eligibility (the quality or state of being eligible)
Derivation:
ineligible (not eligible)
ineligible (prohibited by official rules)
