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- adjective Not
permissible .
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Examples
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He knew at the same time that this condition was reprehensible and, from a certain point of view, unpermissible, but at the moment he felt no inclination to take that point of view.
Autumn Thomas Plastino Martin 2010
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TATTON: Five minutes later, five minutes of discussion after this was happening, they finally came to the conclusion that this ballot that was for Franken should actually be thrown out and -- and ruled unpermissible.
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There are many things that are patently unpermissible in English.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Guestblogging Dictionary Myths (Pt 3): 2007
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Then followed a silence, pregnant, surcharged; on Ivan's part almost unpermissible.
The Genius Margaret Horton Potter
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But the color of her robe was black, as were also the garments of her maids of honor -- of satin, soft and lustrous, reflecting the lights from their jewels as they gleamed in the sunshine, -- yet, to the Embassy of Venice the sombre choice was displeasing, as an unpermissible expression of the Queen's sentiments.
The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus Lawrence Turnbull
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He knew at the same time that this condition was reprehensible and, from a certain point of view, unpermissible, but at the moment he felt no inclination to take that point of view.
Darkness At Noon Koestler, Arthur, 1905- 1940
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For St. Nicholas day we took Mother a big flower pot, and tied to the stick was a label on which Father had written; "Being ill is punishable as an unpermissible offence in the sense of § 7 the Mothers 'and Housewives' Act."
A Young Girl's Diary 1923
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But he happened to be sober, and realized that he had committed tho unpermissible offense.
The Ivory Trail Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920
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"By George, there are many of our so-called captains of industry who, if the truth were told, and a shorter and uglier word were not unpermissible, are little better than malefactors of great wealth."
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To make use of feminine conceit in the court-room is not an art but an unpermissible trick which might lead too far.
Criminal Psychology: a manual for judges, practitioners, and students 1911
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