unappliable

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adjective

Unable to be applied; inapplicable.

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Meanings

adjectiveunappliable (comparative more unappliable, superlative most unappliable)

comparative more unappliable · superlative most unappliable

  1. nonstandardUnable to be applied; inapplicable.

    Wholeſome meats to vitiated ſtomack differ little or nothing from unwholeſome; and beſt books to a naughty mind are not unappliable to occaſions of evill.

    1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 11

Origin

From un- + appliable.

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unappliable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unappliable

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Chicago

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