Antonyms for applicable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ap-li-kuh-buhl, uh-plik-uh-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæp lɪ kə bəl, əˈplɪk ə-


Definition of applicable

Origin :
  • 1560s, "pliable," with -able + Latin applicare (see apply). Meaning "capable of being applied" is from 1650s; earlier in this sense was appliable (mid-15c.).
  • adj appropriate
Example sentences :
  • They are evidently as applicable to second as to first loves, I think.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Micheals was certain that there were times when fighting fire with fire was not applicable.
  • Extract from : « The Leech » by Phillips Barbee
  • If applicable to your situation, have you incorporated this idea in your daily life?
  • Extract from : « A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis » by Melvin Powers
  • And the old axiom is applicable—Fieri non debuit, factum valet.
  • Extract from : « English Past and Present » by Richard Chevenix Trench
  • What applies to physical disease is just as applicable to mental disease.
  • Extract from : « The Necessity of Atheism » by Dr. D.M. Brooks
  • The method of study may be taken as applicable to any other pests which it may be necessary to combat.
  • Extract from : « Apple Growing » by M. C. Burritt
  • I therefore do not know the kind of soil it is most applicable to, since it seems to suit all kinds.
  • Extract from : « Guano » by Solon Robinson
  • You yourselves confess that it is only applicable to internal relations.
  • Extract from : « Sophisms of the Protectionists » by Frederic Bastiat
  • Now the point of this amiable criticism is applicable to your work now and in the future.
  • Extract from : « Old Fogy » by James Huneker
  • All this is very true, but not at all applicable in this instance.
  • Extract from : « The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 » by Various

Synonyms for applicable

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