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IMPERMISSIBLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does impermissible mean?
• IMPERMISSIBLE (adjective)
The adjective IMPERMISSIBLE has 2 senses:
1. not permitted
2. not allowable
Familiarity information: IMPERMISSIBLE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not permitted
Context example:
impermissible behavior
Similar:
forbidden; out; prohibited; proscribed; taboo; tabu; verboten (excluded from use or mention)
unmentionable (unsuitable or forbidden as a topic of conversation)
untouchable (forbidden to the touch)
Also:
intolerable; unbearable; unendurable (incapable of being tolerated or endured)
Antonym:
permissible (that may be permitted especially as according to rule)
Derivation:
impermissibility (inadmissibility as a consequence of not being permitted)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not allowable
Similar:
inadmissible (not deserving to be admitted)
Derivation:
impermissibility (inadmissibility as a consequence of not being permitted)
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