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inapplicable

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not applicable; that does not apply or cannot be applied; unsuitable or irrelevant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The argument is inapplicable to the case.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

not capable of being applied

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • rules inapplicable to day students

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unsuitable

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English applicable English inapplicable From in- + applicable.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: неприложим (nepriložim) — not applicable
  • Catalan: inaplicable — not applicable
  • French: inapplicable — not applicable
  • Galician: inaplicable — not applicable
  • Galician: inaplicábel — not applicable
  • German: unpassend — not applicable
  • German: ungeeignet — not applicable
  • German: unanwendbar — not applicable
  • Hungarian: alkalmazhatatlan — not applicable
  • Italian: inapplicabile — not applicable
  • Korean: 적용할 수 없는 (jeogyonghal su eomneun) — not applicable
  • Manx: neuchooie — not applicable
  • Manx: neuyesh — not applicable
  • Norwegian Bokmål: uanvendelig — not applicable
  • Polish: nieodpowiedni — not applicable
  • Portuguese: inaplicável — not applicable
  • Romanian: neaplicabil — not applicable
  • Spanish: inaplicable — not applicable