inapplicable

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in- +‎ applicable

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inapplicable (comparative more inapplicable, superlative most inapplicable)

  1. Not applicable; that does not apply or cannot be applied; unsuitable or irrelevant.
    The argument is inapplicable to the case.
    • 1995, Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston, and Jerry R. Green, Microeconomic Theory, Oxford University Press, page 141:
      In this case, is not single-valued at any price vector allowing for nonzero production, making Hotelling's lemma inapplicable at these prices.

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From in- +‎ applicable.

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inapplicable (plural inapplicables)

  1. inapplicable

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