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impermissible

/ˌɪmpɝˈmɪsɪbl/

impermissible adjective: not permissible; not to be permitted or allowed.

Adjective

impermissible (comparative more impermissible, superlative most impermissible)

  1. Not permissible; not to be permitted or allowed.
    • Their use was “impermissible not because it is unwise or ineffective, but because [federal law]^([sic]) does not allow it”, the decision explained.2025 May 29, Kalyeena Makortoff, “US federal court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

impermissible meaning in Tamil and Urdu

impermissible in Tamil

இசைவளிக்க முடியாத

impermissible in Urdu

غیرنفوذ پذیر

Forms of impermissible

comparativemore impermissible
superlativemost impermissible

Origin of impermissible

From im- + permissible.

Questions about impermissible

What does impermissible mean?
Impermissible means not permissible; not to be permitted or allowed.
What is impermissible in Tamil?
Impermissible in Tamil is இசைவளிக்க முடியாத. See Impermissible meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is impermissible?
Impermissible is an adjective.
How do you pronounce impermissible?
Impermissible is pronounced /ˌɪmpɝˈmɪsɪbl/.

Words near impermissible in the dictionary

  1. impermeant
  2. impermeator
  3. impermeators
  4. impermissibilities
  5. impermissibility
  6. impermissible
  7. impermissibly
  8. impermissive
  9. impermissively
  10. impermissiveness
  11. impermutable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: impermissible (page history and authors); impermissible (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); impermissible (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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