INADMISSIBLE Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

inadmissible

adjective

Definition of inadmissible

as in prohibited

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as in unimportant

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Recent Examples of inadmissible Depositions of firefighters and other officials explaining their efforts during the Lachman were deemed inadmissible during trial by Judge Anne Hwang in May. — Nathaniel Percy, Daily News, 8 June 2026 The second traveler, a photographer and NOT a player on the team, was determined to be inadmissible and was denied entry due to vetting concerns. — Chris Tye, CBS News, 8 June 2026 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 The exchange was ruled inadmissible. — Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for inadmissible

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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

Their forbidden love leads the Jade Emperor to decree their separation on opposite sides of the Milky Way.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
To control the dangerous unfettered use of magic, an oversight council established ground rules on what is considered forbidden magic and the knowledge of its existence.

— Kalai Chik, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of forbidden

Adjective

But Dwyer suggests that, in practice, the medical model is often simply inapplicable to people with high support needs.

— Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 18 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of inapplicable

Adjective

Custard said, for the public, all this adds up to unacceptable risk.

— Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026
But to build a web of accusations based on false premises and the manipulation of reality in order to attack the Biennale and a film invited to compete is a petty and unacceptable act.

— John Bleasdale, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of unacceptable

Adjective

No one explicitly bans caffeine or alcohol, but after days of obsessing over my biomarkers, both begin to seem entirely irrelevant.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2026
Exceptions whose labor powers one of the most profitable storytelling machines in the world, while their mental needs are treated as inconvenient or irrelevant.

— Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of irrelevant

Adjective

That pertness should be unbearable, but the scene is written in a minor key and performed by both actors to match, favouring eye contact and murmurs; the sheer brevity prevents it from becoming gloopy or crass.

— Caspar Salmon, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
The pollen is back, the weather is unbearable and the leaves are threatening to do something.

— Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of unbearable

Adjective

The trivial and the momentous can be connected; small deviations can set us on larger paths.

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
But resorting to litigation rather than negotiating a settlement to this trivial dispute could open a new source of pain.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of trivial

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