Having no right or entitlement:
— A distinction to which he was unentitled.

synonym: unqualified.

Roget 925: undue; unlawful etc. (illegal) 964; unconstitutional; illicit; unauthorized, unwarranted, disallowed, unallowed^†, unsanctioned, unjustified; unentitled^†, disentitled, unqualified, disqualified; unprivileged, unchartered.    illegitimate, bastard, spurious, supposititious, false; usurped.    tortious [Law].    undeserved, unmerited, unearned; unfulfilled.    forfeited, disfranchised.    improper; unmeet, unfit, unbefitting, unseemly; unbecoming, misbecoming^†; seemless^†; contra bonos mores [Lat.]; not the thing, out of the question, not to be thought of; preposterous, pretentious, would-be.    ... show more