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IMPERMISSIBLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not permitted
Example:
impermissible behavior
Classified under:
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
Classified under:
Similar:
inadmissible (not deserving to be admitted)
Derivation:
impermissibility (inadmissibility as a consequence of not being permitted)
