Meanings
comparative more inapplicable · superlative most inapplicable
- 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 141Synonyms: 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
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinin-
- Middle Englishin-
- Englishin-
- Englishapplicable
- 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
inapplicable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inapplicable
“inapplicable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inapplicable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inapplicable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inapplicable.
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