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inadmissible

[ in-uh d-mis-uh-buh l ]

/ ˌɪn ədˈmɪs ə bəl /

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adjective

not admissible; not allowable: Such evidence would be inadmissible in any court.

Origin of inadmissible

First recorded in 1770–80; in-³ + admissible

OTHER WORDS FROM inadmissible

in·ad·mis·si·bil·i·ty, noun in·ad·mis·si·bly, adverb

Words nearby inadmissible

inactive repressor, inadequacy, inadequate, inadequate personality, inadequate stimulus, inadmissible, inadvertence, inadvertency, inadvertent, inadvisable, inalienable

Example sentences from the Web for inadmissible

“Every single witness is inadmissible, hearsay, triple-hearsay,” said assistant state attorney Penny Brill in court yesterday.

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Soldera denounced their offer of wine as “inadmissible and offensive, a fraud to the consumers.”

Brunello’s King Lear: Gianfranco Soldera Reflects on the Attack on His Wine |Alice Feiring |December 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
See if the referee will toss it out, if the judge (the media) will rule it inadmissible.

Michael Tomasky on Mitt Romney’s Character Assassination Game |Michael Tomasky |May 19, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
After that conviction was overturned due to inadmissible evidence, he was tried and sentenced to death again in 1986.

A Serial Killer's Final Victims? |Christine Pelisek |January 26, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

Owing to the same fact, new boots and gloves were inadmissible; but caps were not—happy thought!

Fighting the Flames |R.M. Ballantyne
These inadmissible consequences condemned the controverted principle.

Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. I (of 16) |Thomas Hart Benton
It has been employed as a tonic in cases where quinine is inadmissible.

Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I |Arnold Cooley
Whatever their merits, the excessive costliness of these preparations renders them inadmissible as pigments.

Field's Chromatography |George Field
Hers was the sort of talent that Cline and Erskine could play up to the limit of the inadmissible.

A Woman of Genius |Mary Austin

British Dictionary definitions for inadmissible

inadmissible

/ (ˌɪnədˈmɪsəbəl) /

adjective

not admissible or allowable

Derived forms of inadmissible

inadmissibility, noun inadmissibly, adverb