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unappliable

unappliable adjective: unable to be applied; inapplicable.

Adjective

unappliable (comparative more unappliable, superlative most unappliable)

  1. (nonstandard) Unable to be applied; inapplicable.
    • Wholeſome meats to vitiated ſtomack differ little or nothing from unwholeſome; and beſt books to a naughty mind are not unappliable to occaſions of evill.1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 11

Forms of unappliable

comparativemore unappliable
superlativemost unappliable

Origin of unappliable

From un- + appliable.

Questions about unappliable

What does unappliable mean?
Unappliable means unable to be applied; inapplicable.
What part of speech is unappliable?
Unappliable is an adjective.

Words near unappliable in the dictionary

  1. unappetizingly
  2. unappetizingness
  3. unapplauded
  4. unapplauding
  5. unapplausive
  6. unappliable
  7. unapplicable
  8. unapplied
  9. unapplies
  10. unapply
  11. unapplying

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