as in irrelevant
not having anything to do with the matter at hand
the judge refused to allow mention of the defendant's conviction for shoplifting, ruling that it was inapplicable to the case at hand
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Its primary argument, unsurprisingly, takes on just how outdated and inapplicable the law the FBI has invoked is.
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Kim Zetter, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2016
Other factors that are assumed to have rendered modern conquests unprofitable seem similarly inapplicable.
—Peter Liberman, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2014
Fubo insists the defendants are misconstruing its argument and citing inapplicable precedent.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2024
And for the same reasons, the foregone conclusion exception is inapplicable.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 14 Dec. 2023
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Kim Zetter, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2016
Other factors that are assumed to have rendered modern conquests unprofitable seem similarly inapplicable.
—Peter Liberman, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2014
Fubo insists the defendants are misconstruing its argument and citing inapplicable precedent.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2024
And for the same reasons, the foregone conclusion exception is inapplicable.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 14 Dec. 2023
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“Inapplicable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inapplicable. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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