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# impermissible

«impermissible» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not allowed; not permitted by the rules or the law** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (impermissible) — formal

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «impermissible» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impermissible/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.