inapplicable

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“As Richard Prince makes individual paintings and does not license his works, the holding in Warhol is clearly inapplicable to his New Portraits litigation,” he said.

From New York Times • May 22, 2023

First, Graham could appeal, continuing his blanket resistance based on the almost certainly inapplicable "speech or debate" clause of the Constitution.

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2022

The PPA’s narrow exceptions for exigent circumstances or journalists suspected of personally committing criminal offenses are plainly inapplicable here.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2022

During her ruling last week, Widlan rejected each of the officers’ arguments as inapplicable given the circumstances.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2021

For the message that it was occasionally necessary to send, there were printed postcards with long lists of phrases, and you struck out the ones that were inapplicable.

From "1984" by George Orwell