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
They were shown the inapplicability of such instances to the present cases of difficulty.
From A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information by William Henry Gray
Quite apart from the inapplicability of the Wyrons' experience to her own case, she now wondered whether theirs had in fact been experience at all.
From A Crooked Mile by Oliver [pseud.] Onions
