(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:24:37

In*el"i*gi*ble (?), a. [Pref. in- not + eligible: cf. F. in'eligible.]

Not eligible; not qualified to be chos for an office; not worthy to be chosen or preffered; not expedient or desirable.

Burke.

 

© Webster 1913.

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