impermissible Hear it!

impermissible Definition

im·per·mis·sible (im′pər misə bəl)

adjective

not permissible

impermissible Related Forms

im′·per·mis′·sibil·ity noun

impermissible Usage Examples

Infinitive complement

  • consider: It is of course impermissible to consider that such a possibility is excluded, for example in France.
  • say: It is impermissible to say that He established Himself with a contact or a meeting with it.

Modifies a noun

  • restraint: The lawsuit challenges the export-control scheme as an " impermissible prior restraint on speech, in violation of the First Amendment.
  • donation: You need to keep track of all controlled donations of over £ 200 and refuse to accept any impermissible donations over this sum.
  • source: The Government's proposals follow the Neill Committee report in using the concept of an " impermissible source " .

Modifying Another Word

  • absolutely: Any moral condemnation of civil war would be absolutely impermissible from the standpoint of Marxism.
  • morally: Embryo research will always remain morally impermissible for a large section of the population.
  • wholly: He added: " A prosecution case was based upon pure and wholly impermissible speculation.
  • therefore: I appreciate that it can be said that this is an argument that the minority view is correct and is therefore impermissible.