incandidabile

ineligible (for candidacy)

adjective een-kahn-dee-DAH-bee-leh Rare

Usage Note

Incandidabile is a political-legal term describing a person who cannot stand as a candidate for election due to legal or statutory reasons. The opposite is candidabile (eligible to stand). Like all adjectives ending in -bile, it is the same for masculine and feminine singular; plural incandidabili.

Examples

"Il deputato è stato dichiarato incandidabile."

Natural Translation

The MP was declared ineligible to stand.

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