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Vinony

inapplicable

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English applicable English inapplicable From in- + applicable.

  1. Not applicable; that does not apply or cannot be applied; unsuitable or irrelevant.

    “The argument is inapplicable to the case.”

    “In this case, y(#92;cdot) is not single-valued at any price vector allowing for nonzero production, making Hotelling's lemma inapplicable at these prices.”