impermissible
6
7.7
- adjective
- /ˌɪmpərˈmɪsəbl/
- Formal
:
inadmisible
- According to the school's code of conduct, using a cell phone during class is impermissible.
- constitutionally impermissible
- morally impermissible
- legally impermissible
In the real town square, you can say things that are impermissible on all of Facebook, YouTube, Twitter.
- In the real town square, you can say things that are impermissible on all of Facebook, YouTube, Twitter.
- To push down that impermissible feeling from my childhood and to hide it.
Examples
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Such an encroachment on executive nonprosecution discretion would be impermissible under a functionalist approach.
Academic text (2017) -
The Supreme Court struck down the congressional scheme as an impermissible extension of legislative power beyond the constitutionally confined role.
Academic text (1995) -
So actually it is part of our law that it is impermissible for people to pin a number on it.
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In the real town square, you can say things that are impermissible on all of Facebook, YouTube, Twitter.
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Refusal on grounds of the inexpediency of creating a religious organization is impermissible.
Academic text (1997) -
We are concerned that these locations are being targeted for impermissible, racially motivated reasons.
Blog text (27) -
Projects that the EPA specifically mentioned as impermissible included general educational or environmental awareness-raising projects.
Academic text (1998) -
The NCAA spent the last few months investigating Muhammad for accepting impermissible benefits on recruiting trips.
Blog text (26) -
It would be clearly impermissible for an offeree buyer to accept an offer while at the same time reducing the offerer's selling price.
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Uncertainty exists because a municipality may enact a subsequent zoning regulation that renders the proposed use impermissible.
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Not allowed by law or official rules
256
3.2
Not good enough or not allowed by rules
102
4.6
Not allowed to enter, use, or talk about
96
3.2
Not allowed by law, rules, or custom
71
4.0
Not allowed by law
66
6.3
Not allowed by law or social rules
44
2.2
Not allowed by rules and not good enough for standards
31
6.1
Not allowed by law
30
7.7
Not allowed as evidence in a court hearing
21
3.7
Not allowed because it is outside the allowed area or against the rules
7
9.2
Not allowed by rules or by social custom
1
6.4
Not allowed by rules or laws
1
3.7
Not allowed by law or by an authority
Not allowed by law or by people in charge
The law bans it
Not allowed by law or by people in charge
Antonyms
How Permitted
1
3.6
37
4.1
- Formal
6
7.7
- Formal
1
3.7
96
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
impermissible = permissible (transparent) = im + permit + ible
The negative prefix 'im-' productively negates the adjective 'permissible', yielding the straightforward meaning 'not permissible'.
Etymology
The word impermissible starts with the part im- meaning 'not' and shares the same root as the common word permit, which means 'to allow'. So, something impermissible is simply 'not allowed' by rules or law.