Meanings
comparative more inadmissible · superlative most inadmissible · alternative inadmissable
- Not admissible.
- specificallyusuallyThat cannot be admitted as evidence at a trial.
Again, the multiplist would hold that the grounds for separating admissible from inadmissible interpretations cannot be the same as the grounds for preferability among admissible interpretations.
1993, Michael Krausz, Rightness and Reasons: Interpretation in Cultural Practices, →ISBN, page 27Synonyms: inadmittable, unadmissible, unadmittable · Antonyms: admissible
- point; fact; etc; point; fact; etcThat cannot be conceded.
Synonyms: inadmittable, unadmissible, unadmittable · Antonyms: admissible
- Who cannot be allowed to enter a place or event.
Synonyms: inadmittable, unadmissible, unadmittable · Antonyms: admissible
plural inadmissibles · alternative inadmissable
- A person who is not to be admitted (to a country, a group, etc).
June saw a decline in Southwest Border apprehensions and inadmissibles by 18 percent compared to May. This decline follows the overall downward trend for this time of year as apprehensions and inadmissibles along the Southwest Border have declined from May to June.
2018, Southwest Border Migration FY2018, United States Customs and Border Patrol
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThat cannot be admitted as evidence at a trial.
adjectiveWho cannot be allowed to enter a place or event.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchinadmissible
- Frenchinadmissible
- Englishinadmissible
From French inadmissible, from Middle French inadmissible. Morphologically in- + admissible.
More words from French, Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian недопустим, неприемлив
- недопустим (nedopustim)not admissible
- неприемлив (nepriemliv)not admissible
Catalan inadmissible
- inadmissiblenot admissible
Czech nepřípustný
- nepřípustnýnot admissible
Finnish kelpaamaton, todisteeksi kelpaamaton
- kelpaamatonnot admissible
- todisteeksi kelpaamatonnot admissible
French inadmissible
- inadmissiblenot admissible
German unzulässig
- unzulässignot admissible
Italian inammissibile
- inammissibilenot admissible
Polish niedopuszczalny
- niedopuszczalnynot admissible
Portuguese inadmissível
- inadmissívelnot admissible
Romanian inadmisibil, inadmisibilă
- inadmisibilnot admissible
- inadmisibilănot admissible
- neadmisibilnot admissible
Russian недопусти́мый, непозволи́тельный
- недопусти́мый (nedopustímyj)not admissible
- непозволи́тельный (nepozvolítelʹnyj)not admissible
- неразрешённый (nerazrešónnyj)not admissible
- неприе́млемый (neprijémlemyj)not admissible
Spanish inadmisible
- inadmisiblenot admissible
Cite this entry
inadmissible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inadmissible
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