Unappliable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Unable to be applied; inapplicable. nonstandard

    "Wholeſome meats to vitiated ſtomack differ little or nothing from unwholeſome; and beſt books to a naughty mind are not unappliable to occaſions of evill."

Example

More examples

"Wholeſome meats to vitiated ſtomack differ little or nothing from unwholeſome; and beſt books to a naughty mind are not unappliable to occaſions of evill."

Etymology

From un- + appliable.

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