inadmissible

[in-uhd-mis-uh-buhl]

adjective

1. not admissible; not allowable.

   Such evidence would be inadmissible in any court.

inadmissible

/ ˌɪnədˈmɪsəbəl /

adjective

1. not admissible or allowable

Other Word Forms

• inadmissibility noun
• inadmissibly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of inadmissible¹

First recorded in 1770–80; in- ³ + admissible

Example Sentences

It said the Deputy Prosecutor General would "appeal the Helsinki District Court's decision to rule inadmissible" the charges of cable breaches outside Finnish waters.

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The man's lawyer said he had been detained in the early hours of Tuesday and told Reuters news agency his extradition to Germany would be challenged as the war in Ukraine made the warrant inadmissible.

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Under the treaty, France agreed to take back migrants who had travelled to the UK by small boat and had their asylum claim withdrawn or declared inadmissible.

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Masud's lawyers have asked a federal court in Washington to rule the alleged confession inadmissible in advance of his trial in April next year.

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Under the new treaty, France agreed to take back adults or accompanied children who make a journey to the UK by small boat, once any asylum claim is withdrawn or declared inadmissible.

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Related Words

• immaterial 
• improper 
• inappropriate 
• irrelevant 
• objectionable 
• unacceptable 
• undesirable 
• unreasonable