as in irrelevant
not having anything to do with the matter at hand
the judge refused to allow mention of the defendant's conviction for shoplifting, ruling that it was inapplicable to the case at hand
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Recent Examples of inapplicable
Researching feels incomprehensible or inapplicable, especially as a business owner.
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Bree Manay, Forbes.com, 17 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
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
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Bree Manay, Forbes.com, 17 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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inapplicable
irrelevant
Adjective
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The future of sales is about asking the questions that make your competitors' answers irrelevant.—
B.D. Dalton,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Nearly half of teachers believe that the professional development courses offered or demanded by their schools are largely irrelevant.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Inapplicable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inapplicable. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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