Meaning of INAPPLICABLE
| Pronunciation: | | in'aplukubul
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| | Definition: | | [adj] not capable of being applied; "rules inapplicable to day students" |
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| | Synonyms: | | irrelevant, unsuitable |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*ap"pli*ca*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not +
applicable.]
Not applicable; incapable of being applied; not adapted; not
suitable; as, the argument is inapplicable to the case. --J.
S. Mill.
Syn: Unsuitable; unsuited; unadapted; inappropriate;
inapposite; irrelevant. -- {In*ap"pli*ca*ble*ness}, n.
-- {In*ap"pli*ca*bly}, adv.
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| | Related Terms: | | adrift, beside the mark, beside the point, beside the question, extraneous, extrinsic, foreign, functionless, ill-adapted, ill-assorted, ill-chosen, ill-fitted, ill-matched, ill-sorted, ill-suited, ill-timed, immaterial, impertinent, improper, in disrepair, inadmissible, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incidental, inconsequent, inept, infelicitous, inoperable, inoperative, irrelative, irrelevant, mal a propos, maladjusted, malapropos, misjoined, mismatched, mismated, misplaced, nihil ad rem, nonessential, nonfunctional, nonutilitarian, not at issue, off base, off the subject, otiose, out of character, out of joint, out of keeping, out of line, out of order, out of place, out of proportion, out of season, out of time, out of tune, out of whack, out-of-the-way, parenthetical, unadapted, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, unconducive, unconnected, unemployable, unessential, unfit, unfitted, unfitting, unhelpful, unqualified, unrelated, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, unsuited, untimely, unusable, unworkable |
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