inapplicable.

Not relevant to a situation or not capable of being appropriately applied to it.

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Words that belong together

• inapplicable rule
• inapplicable assumption

On the page

The precedent was inapplicable because the earlier case concerned a different contractual duty.

An assumption of independent observations is inapplicable when participants repeatedly influence one another.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Comparative more inapplicable; superlative most inapplicable where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, qualification. Disciplines: general academic writing. Commonness: moderately common.