inadmissible

adjective

Definition of inadmissiblenext
1
as in prohibited

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2
as in unimportant

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Recent Examples of inadmissible Visser proposed that the court close the July hearing and provide a transcript that includes only evidence deemed inadmissible for the trial. — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 19 May 2026 Robinson's defense team, attorneys Kathy Nester, Michael Burt, Richard Novak and Staci Visser, is seeking to block the public from hearing testimony or seeing exhibits that may later be found inadmissible at trial. — Michael Ruiz , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026 The exchange was ruled inadmissible. — Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026 Yermish also argued that Terry was entitled to a new trial because the jury heard inadmissible evidence in the December trial. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for inadmissible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inadmissible
  1. prohibited
  2. unimportant
  3. impermissible
  4. inapplicable
  5. forbidden
  6. irrelevant
  7. unacceptable
  8. trivial
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of prohibited
Adjective
  • Wright agrees that the findings shouldn’t be interpreted to mean that omega-3s are unimportant for the brain.
    — Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 14 July 2026
  • But that’s unimportant, Kelleher says, because other market participants are reading them.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Definition of unimportant
Adjective
  • The following year, after transferring to West Virginia, Kriisa would face a nine-game suspension for violating NCAA rules governing impermissible benefits while with the Wildcats.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 6 July 2026
  • Court records show that Sorsby has acknowledged making thousands of impermissible bets on pro and college sports totaling at least $90,000 during his time at Indiana, Cincinnati and Texas Tech.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 June 2026
Definition of impermissible
Adjective
  • False endorsement and misappropriation, FanDuel could insist, are inapplicable to a personalized video setting where the video’s talent voluntarily assents in exchange for compensation.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 July 2026
  • The LLCs contested, arguing the alter ego finding was inapplicable and Illinois law didn't permit such piercing in supplementary proceedings.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of inapplicable
Adjective
  • More recently, mathematicians have been able to adapt Erdős’ method to get better estimates of Ramsey numbers where the forbidden cliques differ vastly in size.
    — Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 26 June 2026
  • And thank God for that, because forbidden love is my favorite type of drama to watch on Love Island.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 16 June 2026
Definition of forbidden
Adjective
  • Supporters flocked there, the club went on to sign Shearer for a world-record fee and, suddenly, potential was irrelevant.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • Fluency in one model today will be irrelevant in six months, maybe less.
    — Panos Siozos, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of irrelevant
Adjective
  • Tell them that their behavior is embarrassing and unacceptable.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 23 July 2026
  • Other officials told me that, in meetings of White House staff, Finer, the deputy national-security adviser, often asked what civilian death toll would be deemed unacceptable.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of unacceptable
Adjective
  • The poet begins to lose faith in his subject—why write about such a trivial matter as Europe descends into war?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
  • An industry-wide standard Microsoft invented to protect Windows, and later Linux, devices from firmware infections has been trivial to bypass for 13 of its 14 years of existence.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026
Definition of trivial

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