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# impermissible

adjective (impermissible) — formal

«impermissible» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(formal) Not allowed; not permitted by the rules or the law. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impermissible/#m1)

### In the lessons

In formal writing, rules, law and ethics lessons. It tells the reader something is forbidden. Phrases: morally impermissible, impermissible behaviour.

### Examples

- Cheating in exams is impermissible. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impermissible/#x1)
- The judge ruled the evidence impermissible. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impermissible/#x2)
- Bullying is impermissible at our school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impermissible/#x3)
- It is impermissible to park here at any time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impermissible/#x4)
- Some philosophers argue that lying is always impermissible. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impermissible/#x5)
- Phones are impermissible in the exam hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impermissible/#x6)

### Note

Formal: in everyday English say not allowed or forbidden. Opposite: permissible. Prefix im- means not.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «impermissible» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impermissible/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«impermissible» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/impermissible.html) on Mova free.