INAPPLICABILITY Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

inapplicability

noun

Definition of inapplicability

as in irrelevance

the quality or state of not having anything to do with the matter at hand the sheer inapplicability of the comment made everyone else at the meeting stare in bewilderment

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Relevance

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Recent Examples of inapplicability Defendants rely on cases that, ironically, only confirm the inapplicability of the § 1252(f)(1) bar here. — New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025

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irrelevance

Noun

Even though Brian Daboll took the Giants back to the postseason and became Coach of the Year in the process, the Giants have fallen down since, slogging their way to irrelevance.

— Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
Before the whole scene of domestic bliss is cut short, Cruz and Josie discuss their looming irrelevance as human foot soldiers in a future of wars fought by machines, finding brief solace in each other’s out-of-uniform bodies.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2026

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inappetence

inapplicability

inapplicable

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