unallowable

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This is a function of the nature of words to be true or false, allowable or unallowable.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

The department doesn't have authority to reject a district's spending, she said, unless it's "definitely unallowable."

From Fox News • Oct. 6, 2021

While Living Well Kent was “extremely responsive to community needs,” the county found, “vital information was missing from the client records sampled” and it had “billed for unallowable expenses.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 15, 2021

“Why is Hansen’s claim that, for the health of the planet, we reduce our greenhouse gas emissions an unallowable example of advocacy,” Holthaus asks, “when we trust a doctor’s recommendation that we stop smoking cigarettes?”

From Slate • Apr. 14, 2016

Mr. Allewinde had asked a leading, and therefore an unallowable question.

From The Macdermots of Ballycloran by Trollope, Anthony