INADMISSIBILITY Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

inadmissibility

noun

Definition of inadmissibility

as in inapplicability

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Recent Examples of inadmissibility The Ghanaian government statement said it was informed that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) made the decision on grounds of inadmissibility under paragraph A36(1)(c) of Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). — Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 13 June 2026 Only cash assistance for income maintenance or long-term institutional care is considered when determining public-charge inadmissibility. — Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025

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Noun

Defendants rely on cases that, ironically, only confirm the inapplicability of the § 1252(f)(1) bar here.

— New York Times, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025

Definition of inapplicability

Noun

Anna, the film suggests, admires her husband warts and all, perhaps because there’s an enticing authenticity in all his inadequacies and brutish ways.

— Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Feelings of guilt, inadequacy, and anxiety after viewing triggering content are not incidental side effects.

— Jessica Scheer, STAT, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of inadequacy

Noun

Schiano rescued the program from irrelevance, but modest respectability might be all Rutgers can afford this season — if that.

— Manny Navarro, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
In a world that promises to be defined by AI, universities that fail to produce graduates who can use it productively will consign themselves to irrelevance.

— Sian Leah Beilock, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of irrelevance

Noun

Not just shame but gross unfitness for serving in a role at a state university.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Musk attempted to color Altman as a uniquely unsuitable supervisor of this technology, but this invariably invited further scrutiny into his own abject unfitness for the role.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 20 May 2026

Definition of unfitness

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