inadmissible
adjective
in·ad·mis·si·ble
ˌi-nəd-ˈmi-sə-bəl 
: not admissible
inadmissible evidence
Examples of inadmissible in a Sentence
The evidence was inadmissible in court.
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All of them were recorded, but no one had ever bothered to look at the tapes because polygraphs are inadmissible in court.
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Anne-Marie Green, Judy Rybak, CBS News, 16 June 2018
When the brothers were retried together starting in 1995, most of their abuse allegations were deemed inadmissible in court.
—Chloe Melas, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
The total number of people apprehended at the U.S. border or deemed inadmissible at a U.S. port of entry since October 2018 is now nearly the same as the number of asylum seekers who arrived in Europe in the whole of 2015.
—Alexander Betts, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2019
Applicants who are thought to be drug abusers or addicts are inadmissible under U.S. immigration policy, unless their addiction is in remission.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
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Anne-Marie Green, Judy Rybak, CBS News, 16 June 2018
When the brothers were retried together starting in 1995, most of their abuse allegations were deemed inadmissible in court.
—Chloe Melas, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
The total number of people apprehended at the U.S. border or deemed inadmissible at a U.S. port of entry since October 2018 is now nearly the same as the number of asylum seekers who arrived in Europe in the whole of 2015.
—Alexander Betts, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2019
Applicants who are thought to be drug abusers or addicts are inadmissible under U.S. immigration policy, unless their addiction is in remission.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
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inadmissible
adjective
in·ad·mis·si·ble
ˌin-əd-ˈmis-ə-bəl
: not admissible
inadmissible evidence
Legal Definition
inadmissible
adjective
in·ad·mis·si·ble
ˌin-əd-ˈmi-sə-bəl
: not admissible
inadmissible evidence
inadmissible testimony
inadmissibly
adverb
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