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
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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inapplicable
irrelevant
Adjective
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Geography becomes irrelevant when AI handles the grunt work.—
Steven Wolfe Pereira,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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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 18 Jul. 2025.
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