"inapplicable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inapplicable.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more inapplicable [comparative], most inapplicable [superlative]
Etymology: in- + applicable Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|in|applicable}} in- + applicable Head templates: {{en-adj}} inapplicable (comparative more inapplicable, superlative most inapplicable)
  1. Not applicable; that does not apply or cannot be applied; unsuitable or irrelevant. Synonyms: unapplicable Translations (not applicable): неприложим (nepriložim) (Bulgarian), inaplicable (Catalan), inaplicable (Galician), inaplicábel (Galician), unpassend (German), ungeeignet (German), unanwendbar (German), alkalmazhatatlan (Hungarian), neuchooie (Manx), neuyesh (Manx), uanvendelig (Norwegian Bokmål), nieodpowiedni [masculine] (Polish), neaplicabil (Romanian), inaplicable (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-inapplicable-en-adj-r8R9s3Gh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with in-

Download JSON data for inapplicable meaning in English (3.2kB)

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