inapplicable
adjective
not applicable; unsuitable.
inapplicability
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a word derived from
inapplicable.
Example Sentences
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Government lawyers have defended the legality of these purchases—and the inapplicability of Carpenter—by arguing that the government is a customer like any other.
From Slate ● May 9, 2022
Their inapplicability deeply embarrasses us whenever we come to recognize that we are not who and what we say we are.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2017
To say nothing about the inapplicability of this rule to feminine genders, and plural numbers, the whole history of the Indo-Germanic languages is against it.
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
The inapplicability of this progression idea to our object is evident directly we apply it to space.
From Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" by Friedrich Engels
The last-named incident did not affect Mrs. Mayton deeply, perhaps on the score of inapplicability to the question before her.
From Helen's Babies by John Habberton
