inadmissible

adjective

Definition of inadmissiblenext
1
as in prohibited

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2
as in unimportant

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Recent Examples of inadmissible Local man Colin Stagg was initially arrested and charged with Nickell's murder but was released after a judge determined that all evidence from an undercover letter-writing operation police undertook was inadmissible. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026 Depositions of firefighters and other officials explaining their efforts during the Lachman were deemed inadmissible during trial by Judge Anne Hwang in May. — Nathaniel Percy, Daily News, 8 June 2026 The second traveler, a photographer and NOT a player on the team, was determined to be inadmissible and was denied entry due to vetting concerns. — Chris Tye, CBS News, 8 June 2026 Visser proposed that the court close the July hearing and provide a transcript that includes only evidence deemed inadmissible for the trial. — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 19 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for inadmissible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inadmissible
  1. impermissible
  2. unimportant
  3. forbidden
  4. inapplicable
  5. unacceptable
  6. irrelevant
  7. unbearable
  8. trivial
Adjective
  • The first involved an impermissible contact with the family of a prospective recruit at a restaurant in 2019, which the NCAA’s complex case unit classified as a Level II violation.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The league reprimanded the Aces for impermissible player benefits in 2023, docking Las Vegas a 2025 first-round draft pick, so stripping more draft capital as a punishment would not have been unprecedented.
    — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 26 July 2026
Definition of impermissible
Adjective
  • The Analyst can spend all their time answering urgent but unimportant requests.
    — Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Wright agrees that the findings shouldn’t be interpreted to mean that omega-3s are unimportant for the brain.
    — Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 14 July 2026
Definition of unimportant
Adjective
  • Their forbidden love leads the Jade Emperor to decree their separation on opposite sides of the Milky Way.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • To control the dangerous unfettered use of magic, an oversight council established ground rules on what is considered forbidden magic and the knowledge of its existence.
    — Kalai Chik, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of forbidden
Adjective
  • But Dwyer suggests that, in practice, the medical model is often simply inapplicable to people with high support needs.
    — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 18 Aug. 2026
  • False endorsement and misappropriation, FanDuel could insist, are inapplicable to a personalized video setting where the video’s talent voluntarily assents in exchange for compensation.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of inapplicable
Adjective
  • Carney has called that demand unacceptable and a question of Canadian sovereignty.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Custard said, for the public, all this adds up to unacceptable risk.
    — Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of unacceptable
Adjective
  • Catherine and Alice are such complicated figures that the word likable seems irrelevant to them.
    — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Markets may decide that the long lead time required to rebuild Venezuelan production makes the agreement largely irrelevant to near-term supply.
    — Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of irrelevant
Adjective
  • The days before a treatment plan is set can be a confusing and unpredictable time, but know that all the information gathering will be worth it, even if the wait feels unbearable.
    — Lindy Segal, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
  • That pertness should be unbearable, but the scene is written in a minor key and performed by both actors to match, favouring eye contact and murmurs; the sheer brevity prevents it from becoming gloopy or crass.
    — Caspar Salmon, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of unbearable
Adjective
  • Getting that apparently trivial behavior working involved Home Assistant, MQTT, custom software, and more Claude, Codex and ChatGPT tokens than one should reasonably associate with boiling pasta.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Thousands of comments flooded the post mocking the department for spending its time on such a trivial matter.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of trivial

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“Inadmissible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inadmissible. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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