Inapplicable
adjective
Not relevant or able to be used in a particular situation.
The usual methods of research were inapplicable in this case.
Often appears as...
- inapplicable rules
- inapplicable methods
adjective
Not relevant or able to be used in a particular situation.
The usual methods of research were inapplicable in this case.
Often appears as...
- inapplicable rules
- inapplicable methods
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'inapplicable' when certain ideas or rules don't apply in a specific scenario.
In space, Earth's gravity laws are inapplicable.
Pro Tip 2/3Irrelevance Emphasis
'Inapplicable' often carries a stronger tone of irrelevance than just saying something is 'not relevant'.
In discussions of ethics, one's wealth is inapplicable.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Overuse
Using 'inapplicable' too often can make statements seem dismissive; use it judiciously.
He referred to every suggestion as inapplicable, which stifled the brainstorming session.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'inapplicable' when certain ideas or rules don't apply in a specific scenario.
In space, Earth's gravity laws are inapplicable.
Pro Tip 2/3Irrelevance Emphasis
'Inapplicable' often carries a stronger tone of irrelevance than just saying something is 'not relevant'.
In discussions of ethics, one's wealth is inapplicable.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Overuse
Using 'inapplicable' too often can make statements seem dismissive; use it judiciously.
He referred to every suggestion as inapplicable, which stifled the brainstorming session.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'inapplicable' when certain ideas or rules don't apply in a specific scenario.
In space, Earth's gravity laws are inapplicable.
Pro Tip 2/3Irrelevance Emphasis
'Inapplicable' often carries a stronger tone of irrelevance than just saying something is 'not relevant'.
In discussions of ethics, one's wealth is inapplicable.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Overuse
Using 'inapplicable' too often can make statements seem dismissive; use it judiciously.
He referred to every suggestion as inapplicable, which stifled the brainstorming session.
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Video examples
Glenn Greenwald: Why...
which we all learn in school, and therefore it's almost become a cliche. In fact, whenever you bring it up in a debate about surveillance, people instantaneously dismiss it as inapplicable, and what they say is, "Oh, well in '1984,' there were monitors in people's homes, they were being watched at every given moment,
Video examples
Glenn Greenwald: Why...
which we all learn in school, and therefore it's almost become a cliche. In fact, whenever you bring it up in a debate about surveillance, people instantaneously dismiss it as inapplicable, and what they say is, "Oh, well in '1984,' there were monitors in people's homes, they were being watched at every given moment,
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Quote examples
Paul Kalanithi
American Writer
Science is based on reproducibility and manufactured objectivity. As strong as that makes its ability to generate claims about matter and energy, it also makes scientific knowledge inapplicable to the existential, visceral nature of human life, which is unique and subjective and unpredictable.
Quote examples
Muhammad Iqbal
Pakistani Poet
It may, however, be said that the level of experience to which concepts are inapplicable cannot yield any knowledge of a universal character, for concepts alone are capable of being socialized.
Quote examples
Paul Kalanithi
American Writer
Science is based on reproducibility and manufactured objectivity. As strong as that makes its ability to generate claims about matter and energy, it also makes scientific knowledge inapplicable to the existential, visceral nature of human life, which is unique and subjective and unpredictable.
Quote examples
Muhammad Iqbal
Pakistani Poet
It may, however, be said that the level of experience to which concepts are inapplicable cannot yield any knowledge of a universal character, for concepts alone are capable of being socialized.
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