inadmissible

CEFRC1

/ˌɪnədˈmɪsəbəl/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Not allowed to be accepted as evidence.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    A person who is not to be admitted (to a country, a group, etc).

Examples

  • Such evidence is clearly inadmissible in court as it has been tempered with.

  • The results of a lie detector test are inadmissible in court.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning
  1. Not admissible, especially that cannot be admitted as evidence at a trial.

More examples

In context
  • Again, the multiplist would hold that the grounds for separating admissible from inadmissible interpretations cannot be the same as the grounds for preferability among admissible interpretations.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The illegally obtained evidence was ruled completely blank by the presiding judge.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

From French inadmissible, from Middle French inadmissible. Morphologically in- + admissible.