Dictionary entry

Inapplicable

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.