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Recent Examples of inapplicable Here are the kicking motion rules, which the NHL deemed inapplicable given their determination that Hellebuyck propelled the puck into his own net. Murat Ates, New York Times, 12 May 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 To qualify, a company must pay union wages or, if union wages are inapplicable, at least the city's minimum wage, which is currently $20.80 per hour, Meyers said. Ella McCarthy, Austin American-Statesman, 30 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for inapplicable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inapplicable
irrelevant
Adjective
  • There is this constant projection from bad-faith actors, who find the truth irrelevant to their desires to rhetorically position the work that artists are doing—and even reality itself.
    Helen Molesworth, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
  • My teaching skills were basically irrelevant.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Inapplicable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inapplicable. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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