| 单词 | inapplicable |
| 释义 | inapplicable (once / 10341 pages) adj If something's inapplicable, it's irrelevant or unsuited. Laws that affect adults over the age of 18 are often inapplicable to children and young teenagers. Even if something is true in one situation, it might not work or fit in another situation — it's inapplicable. A list of plants that grow easily in your aunt's garden in Hawaii will probably be inapplicable to your garden in New Hampshire. This adjective combines the "not" prefix in- and applicable, from the Latin applicare, "connect" or "join." WORD FAMILYinapplicable: inapplicability, inapplicably+/applicable: applicability, applicably, inapplicable/applicant: applicants/application: applications/applier: appliers/apply: applicable, applicant, application, applicative, applicatory, applied, applier, applies, applying, misapply/misapplication: misapplications/misapply: misapplication, misapplied, misapplies, misapplying USAGE EXAMPLESIn the interview, he dismissed Podemos’s governing proposals for greater state spending as “inapplicable,” adding: “It’s difficult to understand each other, frankly.” Wall Street Journal(Dec 08, 2016) If prosecutors do not file charges, as happened with Mr. Ganek, then there is no evidence to suppress and the Hyde Amendment is inapplicable. New York Times(Mar 14, 2016) The dissent argues that one would “naturally read instructions about qualified individuals to be inapplicable to the extent a particular Exchange has no such individuals.” MSNBC(Jun 25, 2015) adj not capable of being applied rules inapplicable to day students Syn unsuitable irrelevant having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue |
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