inapplicable

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adjective

Not applicable; that does not apply or cannot be applied; unsuitable or irrelevant.

“The argument is inapplicable to the case.”

Less commonScrabble 20

Meanings

adjectiveinapplicable (comparative more inapplicable, superlative most inapplicable)

comparative more inapplicable · superlative most inapplicable

  1. Not applicable; that does not apply or cannot be applied; unsuitable or irrelevant.

    The argument is inapplicable to the case.

    1 more example

    In this case, y(#92;cdot) is not single-valued at any price vector allowing for nonzero production, making Hotelling's lemma inapplicable at these prices.

    1995, Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston, and Jerry R. Green, Microeconomic Theory, Oxford University Press, page 141

    Synonyms: unapplicable

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot applicable; that does not apply or cannot be applied; unsuitable or irrelevant.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot capable of being applied

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englishapplicable
  8. Englishinapplicable

From in- + applicable.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian неприложим
  • неприложим (nepriložim)not applicable
Catalan inaplicable
  • inaplicablenot applicable
Esperanto neaplikebla
  • neaplikeblanot applicable
French inapplicable
  • inapplicablenot applicable
German unpassend, ungeeignet
  • unpassendnot applicable
  • ungeeignetnot applicable
  • unanwendbarnot applicable
Hungarian alkalmazhatatlan
  • alkalmazhatatlannot applicable
Italian inapplicabile
  • inapplicabilenot applicable
Korean 적용할 수 없는
  • 적용할 수 없는 (jeogyonghal su eomneun)not applicable
Norwegian Bokmål uanvendelig
  • uanvendelignot applicable
Polish nieodpowiedni
  • nieodpowiedninot applicable
Portuguese inaplicável
  • inaplicávelnot applicable
Romanian neaplicabil
  • neaplicabilnot applicable
Spanish inaplicable
  • inaplicablenot applicable
Cite this entry
APA

inapplicable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inapplicable

MLA

“inapplicable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inapplicable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inapplicable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inapplicable.

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