ineligibilIty

[Prefix in- (2), and Eng. eligibility (q. v.); Fr. ineligibilité.] The quality or state of being ineligible; incapacity of being elected to an office; the state of not being worthy of choice. in-el-ig-i-ble, a. [Prefix in- (2), and English eligible (q. v.); Fr. inéligible; Ital. ineligibile.] 1. Not eligible; not capable of being elected to an office. "The votes given to a man ineligible being given in vain."-Johnson: False Alarm. 2. Not worthy or fit to be chosen or preferred; not expedient or desirable. In-ěl-ig-1-bly, adv . [Eng. ineligib ( le ); -ly .] In an ineligible manner. *in-el-o-quence, s. [Pref. in- (2), and English eloquence .] The state or quality of being ineloquent; want of eloquence; taciturnity. ( Carlyle : Past and Present , bk. ii., ch. xi ) in-el-o-quent, a . [Prefix in- (2), and English eloquent (q. v.); Fr. inéloquent : Ital. ineloquente .] Not eloquent; wanting in eloquence; not fluent in language; not persuasive. "Nor are thy lips ungraceful, sire of men, Nor tongue ineloquent." Milton: P. L., viii. 219. IMG:content-1629.png:[blocks in formation] "As if the damnation of all sinners now were inelucta ble and eternal." -Pearson : On the Creed , art. 5. In-e-lūd-i-ble, a. [Pref. in- (2), and English eludible (q. v.).] That cannot be eluded or evaded. "Most pre ing reasons and ineludible demonstrations."- Glanvill : Pre -existence of Souls , p. 18. in-ěm-bry-o-nāte, a. [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. embryonate (q. v.).] Bot.: Not having a proper embryo. *in-e-nar-ra-ble, a . [Lat. inenarrabilis , from in -not, and enarrabilis =that may be narrated or told:e-= ex- =out, and narrabilis =that can be told; enarrable ; Ital. inenarrabile .] That cannot or may not be told or narrated; unspeakable; indescribable. narro to narrate, to tell; Fr. inénarrable; Sp. in "He is to be loved beste, for his inenarrable goodne ." -Fisher: Seuen Psalmes, Ps. 143, pt. iii. in-en-chy mạ, s . [Gr. is (gen it. inos )=strength, pl. ines fibrous muscles, and engchyma =an infu Bot .: Fibro cellular ti ue, cells having the appearance of spiral ve els. sion.] inequity In-ěpt-I-tüde, s. [Lat. inept it udo , from inept us =inept (q. v.); Sp. ineptitud ; Ital. inettitudine .] 1. Unfitne ; unsuitablene ; inaptitude; ineptne . "The ineptitude of the component corpuscles for a vol at i on."-Boyle: Works , iv. 307. 2. Foolishne ; silline ; absurdity; nonsense. In-ěpt-lý, adv . [Eng. inept ; -ly.] Unfitly; unsuitably; foolishly; absurdly. "They [the Peripatetics] ineptly fancied [the crystalline humor of the eye] to be the immediate organ of vision."-Ray: On the Creation , pt. ii. In-ěpt-ne , s. [Eng. inept : -ne .] The quality or state of being inept; unfitne ; unsuitablene ; foolishne ; folly; absurdity; ineptitude. "Miserable ineptne of infancy."-More: Pre-existence of Souls. (Pref.) *In-e-qua-ble, a . [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. equa ble (q. v.).] Not equable; unequable. *in-e-qual a. [Latin inæqualis , from in- =not, and æqualis equal (q. v.); Fr. inégal ; Ital. in eguale ; Sp. inigual .] Unequal; uneven; odd. "Knowe the nombre of the degrees in the houres in equals." Chaucer: Of the Astrolabie. IMG:content-1630.png:[blocks in formation] 1. The quality or state of being unequal; a difference or want of equality in any respect; want of uniformity; diversity; disparity. "Sympathy is rarely strong where there is a great in equality of condition." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. x. 2. The quality or state of being uneven or not level; unevenne , want of levelne . 3. An uneven place or spot; a depre ion or elevation of the ground. 4. Insufficiency or unfitne for any office or purpose; inadequacy, incompetency. 5. Difference or disparity of rank or station. "If so small inequality between man and man make in them modesty a commendable virtue, who respecting superiors as superiors, can neither speak nor stand before them without fear."- Hooker . 6. Unlikene , di imilarity. "In some places, by the nature of the earth, and by the situation of woods and hills, the air is more unequal than in others; and inequality of air is ever an enemy to health."- Bacon . II. Technically : 1. Alg .: The expre ion of two unequal quantities, connected by the sign of inequality. Thus, 2 1, are inequalities, and are read, 2 le than 3, 4 greater than 1. Every inequality consists of two parts: that on the left of the sign of equality is called the first member; that on the right is called the second member. Two inequalities are said to exist in a direct sense when the first mem bers are both greater, or both le , than the second members. They exist in a contrary sense when the first member is greater than the second in one inequality, and the second greater than the first in the other. 2. Astron. ( pl .): All the alterations or calculations rendered nece ary by the unequal motion of a planet. Inequality of long period : Astron.: A term applied to two planets, whose periodic times are different, so that their conjunctions take place succe ively at different points in their respective orbits, the return to their first position not being made for a long period of time. ( Prof. Airy's Popular Astron . (6th ed.), pp. 233, 273.)