In*ap"pli*ca*ble (?), a. [Pref. in- not + applicable.]

Not applicable; incapable of being applied; not adapted; not suitable; as, the argument is inapplicable to the case.

J. S. Mill.

Syn. -- Unsuitable; unsuited; unadapted; inappropriate; inapposite; irrelevant.

-- In*ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- In*ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.

 

© Webster 1913.

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