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Inapplicability

Definition: Inapplicability

Inapplicability

Noun

1. Irrelevance by virtue of being inapplicable to the matter at hand.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Antonym: applicability (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Inapplicability

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Disagreement

Unfitness; Adjective: inaptitude, impropriety; inapplicability; Adjective: inconsistency, inconcinnity; irrelevancy; (irrelation).

Irrelation

Noun: irrelation, dissociation; misrelation; inapplicability; inconnection; multifariousness; disconnection; (disjunction); inconsequence, independence; incommensurability; irreconcilableness; (disagreement); heterogeneity; unconformity; irrelevancy, impertinence, nihil ad rem; intrusion; non-pertinence.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Usage Frequency: Inapplicability

"Inapplicability" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Inapplicability" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%5157,705

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Inapplicability

Language Translations for "inapplicability"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

pazbayueshmëri. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

неприложимост (irrelevance), неизползваемост (impracticability). (various references)

   

Czech

  

nevhodnost (impolicy, impropriety, inadvisability, inappropriateness, inaptitude, incongruity, inexpediency, untimeliness), neupotřebitelnost. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ανεφάρμοστο. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

אי תחול", אי חלות. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

alkalmazhatatlanság. (various references)

   

Italian

  

inapplicabilit . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inapplicabilityay

   

Portuguese

  

inanidade. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

неприменимость (inadaptability). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

neupotrebljivost (impracticability), neprimenljivost. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

falta de aplicabilidad. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

olämplighet (impropriety, inadaptability, inadequacy, inaptitude, incongruity, ineligibility, ineptitude, inexpediency, unsuitability). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

uygun olmama (inadaptability, inaptitude, inconvenience, unsuitability), uygulanamazlık (impracticability). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

незастосовність (inadaptability). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

tính không thể ứng dụng được (inapplicableness), tính không thể áp dụng được (inapplicableness). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Inapplicability"

Words rhyming with "inapplicability" (pronounced 'In*ap`pli*ca*bil"i*ty'): Ability, Abnormality, Abnormity, Aboriginality, Absorbability, Absorptivity, Abstrusity, Absurdity, Accendibility, Accentuality, Acceptability, Accessibility, Accidentality, Acclivity, Accomplicity, Accountability, Acerbity, Acetosity, Achromaticity, Acidity, Acquirability, Acrity, Activity, Actuality, Actuosity, Acuity, Addibility, Admirability, Admiralty, Admissibility, Adorability, Aduncity, Adverbiality, Adversity, Advisability, Aeriality, Affability, Affectibility, Agaty, Agility, Agreeability, Alacrity, Alamodality, Aldermanity, Algidity, Alibility, Alienability, Alkalinity, Allotropicity, Alterability, Alterity, Alternity, Amability, Ambidexterity, Ambiguity, Amenability, Amenity, Amiability, Amicability, Amissibility, Amity, Amorosity, Amovability, Anaplasty, Anfractuosity, Anglicity, Angularity, Angulosity, Anility, Animality, Animosity, Annuity, Annularity, Anonymity, Anteriority, Antiquity, Anxiety, Appetibility, Applicability, Apprehensibiity, Approachability, Appropinquity, Apriority, Aqueity, Aquosity, Aridity, Artificiality, Asininity, Asperity, Assiduity, Assignability, Assimilability, Associability, Astucity, Atomicity, Atrocity, Attainability, Attractability, Attractivity, Audacity, Audibility, Austerity, Authenticity, Authority, Autoplasty, Autostability, availability, Avidity, Banality, Barbarity, Basicity, Batty, BEAUTY, Benignity, Bestiality, Betty, Bibacity, Biblicality, Biformity, Bilaterality, Biplicity, Bipolarity, Bolty, Booty, BOUNTY, Brevity, Bridalty, Brutality, Butty, Caducity, Calamity, Calidity, Caliginosity, Callidity, Callosity, Caloricity, Canonicity, Canthoplasty, Canty, Capability, Capacity, Capillarity, Captivity, Cariosity, Carnality, Carnivoracity, Carnosity, Casualty, Catholicity, Catty, Causality, Cavity, Cecity, Celebrity, Celerity, Centrality, Centricity, Cerebricity, Certainty, Champerty, Changeability, Charity, Chastity, Cheiloplasty, Christianity, Circuity, Circularity, Circumstantiality, Civillty, Clandestinity, Clarity, Clericity, Clivity, Clotty, Coactivity, Coagulability, Coequality, Coessentiality, Coeternity, Cogitability, Cognoscibility, Cohesibility, Collectivity, Colloidality, Columnarity, Combustibility, Comicality, Comity, Commensality, Commensurability, Commodity, Commonalty, Commonty, Communicability, Community, Commutability, Compaternity, Compatibility, Complexity, Complicity, Comprehensibility, Compressibility, Concavity, Concentricity, Conceptibility, Concinnity, Condensability, Condignity, Conditionality, Conducibility, Conductibility, Conductivity, Confinity, Confluxibility, Conformability, Conformity, Confraternity, Confusability, Congeniality, Congruity, Conicality, Conjugality, Connaturality, Connubiality, Consanguinity, Consentaneity, Conspectuity, Conspicuity, Constitutionality, Consubstantiality, Contemporaneity, Contemptibility, Contiguity, Continuity, Contractibility, Contractility, Contrariety, Controllability, Conventionality, Convertibility, Convexity, Convicinity, Conviviality, Cordiality, Coreplasty, Corporality, Corporeality, Corporeity, Corrigibility, Corrodibility, Corrosibility, Corruptibility, Cosurety, Cotqueanity, County, Credibility, Credulity, Criminality, Crinosity, Crocodility, Crudity, Cruelty, Cullibility, Culpability, Cupidity, Curability, Curiality, Curiosity, Curvilinearity, Curvity, Cutty, Cylindricity, Cytty, Damnability, Debility, Debonairity, Deceptivity, Deciduity, Declivity, Deducibility, Defectibility, Defectuosity, Defensibility, Deflagrability, Deformity, Deiformity, Deity, Demisability, Democraty, Demonstrability, Demurity, Density, Deplorability, Depravity, Deputy, Descendibility, Desirability, Despicability, Destructibility, Deteriority, Determinability, Detestability, Devexity, Devotionality, Dexterity, Dextrality, Diaphaneity, Dibasicity, Dicacity, Didacticity, Difficulty, Difformity, Diffusibility, Diffusivity, Digestibility, Dignity, Dilatability, Dimensity, Dimity, Disability, Disassiduity, Discommodity, Discommunity, Disconformity, Discongruity, Discontinuity, Discoverability, Disensanity, Disformity, Dishonesty, Disingenuity, Disloyalty, Disparity, Disproperty, Disputacity, Disquantity, Disreputability, Disrespectability, Dissimilarity, Dissipativity, Dissociability, Dissolubility, Dissolvability, Distensibility, Disunity, Diuturnity, Diversifiability, Diversity, Divinity, Divisibility, Docility, Docity, Domesticity, Dotty, Doty, Doughty, Drasty, Duality, Dubiety, Dubiosity, Ductility, Duplicity, Durability, Durity, Duty, Dynasty, Ebriety, Ebriosity, Eccentricity, Edacity, Edibility, Educability, Efficacity, Effumability, Egality, Egoity, Elasticity, Electorality, Elementality, Elementarity, Eligibility, Ellipticity, Emotivity, Empty, Enmity, Enomoty, Enormity, Entierty, Entirety, Entity, Ephoralty, Epulosity, Equability, Equality, Equanimity, Equilibrity, Equity, Erectility, Essentiality, Eternity. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Inapplicability

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-i-i-i-i-l-l-n-p-p-t-y"

-2 letters: applicability.

-3 letters: inapplicably, incapability.

-4 letters: palpability, placability.

-5 letters: capability, pliability.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Inapplicability


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 6E 61 70 70 6C 69 63 61 62 69 6C 69 74 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01101110 01100001 01110000 01110000 01101100 01101001 01100011 01100001 01100010 01101001 01101100 01101001 01110100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#110 &#97 &#112 &#112 &#108 &#105 &#99 &#97 &#98 &#105 &#108 &#105 &#116 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 006E 0061 0070 0070 006C 0069 0063 0061 0062 0069 006C 0069 0074 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

438067828278756967687578758691

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage Frequency
3. Translations: Modern
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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