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inapplicability|ɪnˌæplɪkəˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[f. next: see -ity: cf. applicability.]
The quality of being inapplicable; incapability of being fitly applied. Also with an and pl., an instance of this.
1673H. More App. Antid. Idol. xxxvi. 43 The inapplicability is so easily discoverable. 1792Burke Let. to Sir H. Langrishe Wks. VI. 301 The inapplicability of your own old principles to the circumstances that are likely to influence your conduct against these principles. 1820L. Hunt Indicator No. 18 These scripture names of men..have given rise to some curious inapplicabilities, as Adam Smith and David Hume, two infidel philosophers. 1884W. J. Courthope Addison i. 21 Retaining the old ideas..without being able to perceive their inapplicability to the existing nature of things. |