Dictionary Definition
inapplicable adj : not capable of being applied;
"rules inapplicable to day students" [syn: unsuitable]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
inapplicable- Not applicable; incapable of being applied; not adapted; not suitable; as, the argument is inapplicable to the case.
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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
adrift,
beside the mark, beside the point, beside the question, extraneous, extrinsic, foreign, functionless, ill-adapted,
ill-assorted, ill-chosen, ill-fitted, ill-matched, ill-sorted,
ill-suited, ill-timed, immaterial, impertinent, improper, in disrepair,
inadmissible,
inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incidental, inconsequent, inept, infelicitous, inoperable, inoperative, irrelative, irrelevant, mal a propos,
maladjusted,
malapropos, misjoined, mismatched, mismated, misplaced, nihil ad rem,
nonessential,
nonfunctional,
nonutilitarian,
not at issue, off base, off the subject, otiose, out of character, out of
joint, out of keeping, out of line, out of order, out of place, out
of proportion, out of season, out of time, out of tune, out of
whack, out-of-the-way, parenthetical, unadapted, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, unconducive, unconnected, unemployable, unessential, unfit, unfitted, unfitting, unhelpful, unqualified, unrelated, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, unsuited, untimely, unusable, unworkable