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impermissible

[im-per-mis-uh-buhl] / ˌɪm pərˈmɪs ə bəl /


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Grove said it seemed clear to him TFA was engaging in impermissible recruiting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

This was related to separate charges involving impermissible contact to register academy players between 2019 and 2022.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Circuit Court of Appeals held in 2022 that “the prosecution of foreign nationals traveling on such a vessel for a violation of U.S. law is impermissible under the Felonies Clause of the Constitution.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

That is just flat-out impermissible under the law as it stood on Thursday.

From Slate • Dec. 5, 2025

He was given a mandatory death-in-prison sentence after his jury was illegally told that he had to prove his innocence beyond a reasonable doubt and the State introduced impermissible evidence.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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