inadmissible

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It is inadmissible, according to modern canons of thought, as such legends usually are.

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  1. adjective Not admissible: inadmissible evidence.

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  • The confession was inadmissible, and I got it thrown out. —  Lippman, Laura - [Tess Monaghan 04] - In Big Trouble
  • Such a judgment appears at first sight inadmissible, and yet it is not. —  Clausewitz, ON WAR - Book II-Chapter 5
  • Though much of this evidence was inadmissible, the kids sure loved it.
  • If the feds can't put a suspected terrorist away in a regular federal court because the evidence was procured by torture and hence would be inadmissible, they can simply question the poor bloke and then indict him for lying. —  Boston Phoenix - thePhoenix.com
  • "This sum is absolutely inadmissible," she said, adding that "arrears of wages in the state sector of economy is intolerable." —  forUm
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  1. = French inadmissible = Spanish inadmisible = Portuguese inadmissivel = Italian inammissibile; as in- + admissible.
 

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/ɪnædˈmɪsɪbl/
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