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. impermissible
  2. unimportant
  3. forbidden
  4. inapplicable
  5. unacceptable
  6. irrelevant
  7. unbearable
  8. trivial
Adjective
  • The league reprimanded the Aces for impermissible player benefits in 2023, docking Las Vegas a 2025 first-round draft pick, so stripping more draft capital as a punishment would not have been unprecedented.
    — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 26 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of impermissible
Adjective
  • The Analyst can spend all their time answering urgent but unimportant requests.
    — Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of unimportant
Adjective
  • Last November, both TMZ and CBS News reported alleged infractions, including being caught with homemade alcohol and trying to make a forbidden three-way phone call.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, VIBE.com, 24 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of forbidden
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
  • The episode has added to a growing chorus of concern among AI safety advocates, who argue that agents capable of independently identifying and exploiting unknown vulnerabilities across multiple companies’ infrastructure present an unacceptable risk.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 29 July 2026
  • Conditional approval remains a possibility for firms demonstrating no unacceptable risks.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of unacceptable
Adjective
  • The migrants were never going to be able to reach the mainland EU, but that fact was irrelevant to hard-right, anti-migrant politicians around the world who portrayed the incident in apocalyptic terms.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • There’s a big difference between irrelevant and less relevant.
    — Shep Hyken, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of irrelevant
Adjective
  • Plus, the heat waves that have defined the past few weeks have been unbearable for humans and home systems.
    — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 31 July 2026
  • Prolonged silence is psychologically unbearable, preventing closure and fostering negative biases.
    — Alejandro Cárdenas Villa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of unbearable
Adjective
  • Ireland’s Strategy For Quantum Technologies Building and sustaining a new industry is never a trivial undertaking.
    — Dr. Jonathan Reichental, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • Justice John Dixon said Bauer Media had failed to show the claims made about Wilson were substantially true or trivial.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
Definition of trivial

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