inapplicable
English edit
Etymology edit
in- + applicable
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Adjective edit
inapplicable (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.
- 1995, Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston, and Jerry R. Green, Microeconomic Theory, Oxford University Press, page 141:
- In this case, is not single-valued at any price vector allowing for nonzero production, making Hotelling's lemma inapplicable at these prices.
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
not applicable
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References edit
- “inapplicable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “inapplicable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French edit
Etymology edit
From in- + applicable.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Adjective edit
inapplicable (plural inapplicables)
Further reading edit
- “inapplicable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.