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

Over time, as the human side of the evolving machine-flesh dyad matured, WHEEP-3 shifted its attention to the silicon partner, offering trenchant critiques of the inadequacies of machine learning.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
The result can be inspiration for some but inadequacy for others.

— Sindhu Bhaskar, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of inadequacy

Noun

The Dolphins and their fans have been wandering a quarter century in football abyss, in national irrelevance, and wonder how the franchise of the Perfect Season, of Don Shula and Dan Marino, could get this way.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026
Antonia is a doctor who is sidelined to the point of irrelevance in the film.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 11 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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