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Ineligible

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

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Disqualified 84% connected

of Disqualify

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Disqualified 84% connected

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Illegal 84% connected

Not according to, or authorized by, law; specif., contrary to, or in violation of, human law; unlawful; illicit; hence, immoral; as, an illegal act;…

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Illegal 84% connected

Not according to, or authorized by, law; specif., contrary to, or in violation of, human law; unlawful; illicit; hence, immoral; as, an illegal act;…

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Ineligibility 74% connected

The state or quality of being ineligible.

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Ineligibility 74% connected

The state or quality of being ineligible.

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Eligible 94% connected

That may be selected; proper or qualified to be chosen; legally qualified to be elected and to hold office.

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Eligible 94% connected

That may be selected; proper or qualified to be chosen; legally qualified to be elected and to hold office.

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Admit verb · 78% connection

To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as, to admit an attorney to p…

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Advisable adjective · 78% connection

Proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent.

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Advisable-ness noun · 78% connection

The quality of being advisable or expedient; expediency; advisability.

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Advise verb · 78% connection

To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn.

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Aftergame noun · 78% connection

A second game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient.

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Afterthought noun · 78% connection

Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought or expedient.

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Aleconner noun · 78% connection

Orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London to in…

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Appetible adjective · 78% connection

Desirable; capable or worthy of being the object of desire.

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Best superl. · 78% connection

Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what is expedient is best known to himself.

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Commend verb · 78% connection

To recommend as worthy of confidence or regard; to present as worthy of notice or favorable attention.

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Elect adjective · 78% connection

Chosen to an office, but not yet actually inducted into it; as, bishop elect; governor or mayor elect.

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Eligibility noun · 78% connection

the quality or state of being eligible; "eligibility of a candidate for office"; "eligibility for a loan"

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Eligibleness noun · 78% connection

The quality worthy or qualified to be chosen; suitableness; desirableness.

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Eligibly adverb · 78% connection

In an eligible manner.

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Expediency noun · 78% connection

The quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self-interest; de…

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Expediently adverb · 78% connection

In an expedient manner; fitly; suitably; conveniently.

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Expediment noun · 78% connection

An expedient.

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Expetible adjective · 78% connection

Worthy of being wished for; desirable.

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