The phrase "application could not be" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are indicating that an application (software or form) failed to perform a certain action or could not be processed.
Example: "The application could not be submitted due to a technical error on the website."
Alternatives: "application was unable to" or "application failed to".
It said Hawkins's application could not be progressed because the original ID was missing.
No. Security and justice secretary Fred Teeven told Dutch news agency Novum Snowden's application could not be accepted while he was abroad.
The uncertainty surrounding the F.D.I.C.'s moratorium, which meant that the application could not be approved until next January, also contributed to the decision.
Finally, Ms. Murphy said, Sergeant Frederick received a letter saying that the fingerprints he had included with his application could not be read and that he needed to submit new ones.
That Bristol-Myers made its demands without waiting another few weeks for the meeting suggests it thought that the existing application could not be rescued and that new trials would be required.
Yet one recent refinance application could not be closed, because the bank could not verify the value of the house: With no sales of similar properties in the area, there was nothing to compare.
Mr. Ashcroft said that he believed the law that created the national directory of gun purchase applications could not be used for anything other than an audit of the system.
As the cost of downloading and reviewing all of the applications identified was prohibitively expensive, the validity and accuracy of the content within applications could not be directly verified.
The Secretary did not make an equally unambiguous concession with respect to Espinosa, but in colloquy with the court he acknowledged that Espinosa had filed an application which could not be allowed under the statute.
