INAPPLICABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inapplicable mean? 

• INAPPLICABLE (adjective)
  The adjective INAPPLICABLE has 1 sense:

1. not capable of being applied

  Familiarity information: INAPPLICABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INAPPLICABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not capable of being applied

Synonyms:

inapplicable; unsuitable

Context example:

rules inapplicable to day students

Similar:

irrelevant (having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue)

Derivation:

inapplicability (irrelevance by virtue of being inapplicable to the matter at hand)

 Context examples 

This advice, although good, was totally inapplicable to my case; I should have been the first to hide my grief and console my friends if remorse had not mingled its bitterness, and terror its alarm, with my other sensations.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

This inapplicable answer might have been too much for the comprehension of many; but it did not puzzle Mrs. Allen, for after only a moment's consideration, she said, in a whisper to Catherine, I dare say she thought I was speaking of her son.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)