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Recent Examples of inapplicable Yet those in power show little tolerance to law when open government, public records, national security and other laws are ignored or violated under a self-serving declaration that laws somehow are inapplicable to political leaders — applicable to others, just not to them. Lonnie Groot, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2025 That was the site of its preseason test days, although that event was held in unseasonably cold weather, which means much of what the teams learned then may be inapplicable this coming weekend. ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2025 Yet those in power show little tolerance to law when open government, public records, national security and other laws are ignored or violated under a self-serving declaration that laws somehow are inapplicable to political leaders — applicable to others, just not to them. Lonnie Groot, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2025 These Penal Code gambling prohibitions are not rendered inapplicable by a sweepstakes operator’s compliance with state-law sweepstakes requirements (such as by offering free methods of entry). Daniel Wallach, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for inapplicable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inapplicable
irrelevant
Adjective
  • Geography becomes irrelevant when AI handles the grunt work.
    Steven Wolfe Pereira, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
  • Talking about Linux in this context is pretty irrelevant anyways, since the Xbox consoles run a variant of Windows.
    Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 1 July 2025

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“Inapplicable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inapplicable. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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