The difference between Admissible and Inadmissible

When used as adjectives, admissible means capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed, whereas inadmissible means not admissible, especially that cannot be admitted as evidence at a trial.


Inadmissible is also noun with the meaning: a person who is not to be admitted (to a country, a group, etc).

check bellow for the other definitions of Admissible and Inadmissible

  1. Admissible as an adjective:

    capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable

  2. Admissible as an adjective (artificial intelligence):

    Describing a heuristic that never overestimates the cost of reaching a goal.

  1. Inadmissible as an adjective:

    Not admissible, especially that cannot be admitted as evidence at a trial

  1. Inadmissible as a noun:

    A person who is not to be admitted (to a country, a group, etc).

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