Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inapplicable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inapplicable \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inapplicable
adj : not capable of being applied; "rules inapplicable to day
students" [syn: {unsuitable}]
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