'Inapplicable' definitions:
Definition of 'inapplicable'
From: WordNet
adjective
Not capable of being applied; "rules inapplicable to day students" [syn: inapplicable, unsuitable]
Definition of 'Inapplicable'
From: GCIDE
- Inapplicable \In*ap"pli*ca*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + applicable.] Not applicable; incapable of being applied; not adapted; not suitable; as, the argument is inapplicable to the case. --J. S. Mill.
- Syn: Unsuitable; unsuited; unadapted; inappropriate; inapposite; irrelevant. -- {In*ap"pli*ca*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*ap"pli*ca*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inapplicable'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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