inapplicable

[in-ap-li-kuh-buhl]

adjective

1. not applicable; unsuitable.

   Synonyms: inapposite, irrelevant

inapplicable

/ ˌɪnəˈplɪk-, ɪnˈæplɪkəbəl /

adjective

1. not applicable or suitable; irrelevant

Other Word Forms

• inapplicability noun
• inapplicableness noun
• inapplicably adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of inapplicable¹

First recorded in 1650–60; in- ³ + applicable

Example Sentences

"State laws and deadlines concerning 'replacement' of candidates are inapplicable here," he said.

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National and state Republican committees argued the date requirement is useful in detecting fraud and that the materiality provision of the Civil Rights Act was inapplicable.

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He correctly recognized that he was bound by precedent to reject Trump's request that he hold Sullivan inapplicable in his case.

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The court declared "inapplicable" an article of the Peruvian Civil Code of 1984 on the family, which refers to marriage as the voluntary union between man and woman.

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“As Richard Prince makes individual paintings and does not license his works, the holding in Warhol is clearly inapplicable to his New Portraits litigation,” he said.

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