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IMPERMISSIBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does impermissible mean? 

IMPERMISSIBLE (adjective)
  The adjective IMPERMISSIBLE has 2 senses:

1. not permittedplay

2. not allowableplay

  Familiarity information: IMPERMISSIBLE used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IMPERMISSIBLE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Not permitted

Context example:

impermissible behavior

Similar:

forbidden; out; prohibited; proscribed; taboo; tabu; verboten (excluded from use or mention)

unmentionable (unsuitable or forbidden as a topic of conversation)

untouchable (forbidden to the touch)

Also:

intolerable; unbearable; unendurable (incapable of being tolerated or endured)

Antonym:

permissible (that may be permitted especially as according to rule)

Derivation:

impermissibility (inadmissibility as a consequence of not being permitted)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Not allowable

Similar:

inadmissible (not deserving to be admitted)

Derivation:

impermissibility (inadmissibility as a consequence of not being permitted)


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