as in prohibited
that may not be permitted
trial juries must be able to discern the difference between a permissible inference and impermissible speculation
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Recent Examples of impermissible
Slavery had become ever more entrenched in America; this transformation had brought the fringe to the mainstream, made the unthinkable thinkable, the impermissible permissible.
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Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
In the last few months, the NCAA has ruled more than a dozen Division I men’s basketball players permanently ineligible for manipulating game results and their own performances, making impermissible bets, providing information to gamblers and not cooperating with investigations.
—Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
However, amnesty for war crimes and crimes against humanity is impermissible because pardons deny victims justice and may embolden future perpetrators.
—Valerie Morkevicius, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025
Ahead of that meeting, Kugler sought permission to conduct financial transactions to address what the Fed official described as impermissible financial holdings.
—Amara Omeokwe, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
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Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
In the last few months, the NCAA has ruled more than a dozen Division I men’s basketball players permanently ineligible for manipulating game results and their own performances, making impermissible bets, providing information to gamblers and not cooperating with investigations.
—Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
However, amnesty for war crimes and crimes against humanity is impermissible because pardons deny victims justice and may embolden future perpetrators.
—Valerie Morkevicius, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025
Ahead of that meeting, Kugler sought permission to conduct financial transactions to address what the Fed official described as impermissible financial holdings.
—Amara Omeokwe, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impermissible
Adjective
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There is, however, room for questions about where the line between prohibited and acceptable political involvement will fall in practice.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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The list of prohibited and restricted items, as found on the CBP website, includes alcohol, biological materials, firearms, food and produce such as fruits and vegetables, soil, wildlife, fish, and gold, among other items.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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In a discussion that Padilla started about a secret Groundlings show for gross-out comedy, Palmer summoned the ancient name of one of the forbidden Millennial texts.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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Less than an hour’s drive from the holiday markets, on the way to Salla and its forbidden frontier, hundreds of Finnish soldiers are training to repel any future Russian invasion.—
Liam Denning,
Bloomberg,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Impermissible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impermissible. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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