Antonyms for eligible

Grammar : Adj

Spell : el-i-juh-buh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛl ɪ dʒə bəl

Definition of eligible

Origin : early 15c., "fit or proper to be chosen," from Middle French eligible "fit to be chosen" (14c.), from Late Latin eligibilis "that may be chosen," from Latin eligere "choose" (see election). Related: Eligibly.

adj fit, worthy

Example sentences :

But, O my dear, the single life is by far the most eligible to me: indeed it is.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Women are eligible to membership in this General Conference.
Extract from : « Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 7. » by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)

Why, the demand for eligible males is three hundred per cent.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

Of the eligible men there Mr. Cecil Underwood seemed, on enquiry, to be the most eligible.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

The question was raised whether, as a prisoner, he was eligible.
Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude

Now there are none others but infants, none of eligible age.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various

They ought to be eligible without the courses of the second group.
Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper

Only those having taken Course I should be eligible to this class.
Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper

Protestants were pronounced to be eligible to public office.
Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott

Office Holding: Women are not eligible to any elective office.
Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

Synonyms for eligible

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