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The phrase "are less applicable" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the relevance or suitability of certain ideas, rules, or concepts in a specific context.
Example: "In this case, the previous guidelines are less applicable due to the unique circumstances we are facing."
Alternatives: "are not as relevant" or "are less relevant".
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are less applicable
adverb
To a smaller extent.
synonyms
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In heavier atoms, greater magnetic interactions among electrons cause L and S to be poorly defined, and these selection rules are less applicable.
Therefore, the results in [12] are less applicable.
I will argue that these criticisms are less applicable to psychopathy.
Since most of these techniques are invasive, they are less applicable in children.
And while transit apps like CityMapper are less applicable in Middle America, it's worth at least acknowledging their importance to a large number of people today.
Procedural features are well-established in computer aided design (CAD) involving regular forms, but are less applicable to free-form modelling involving subdivision surfaces.
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Such two-step models allow different estimates for the two components and while this has been found useful in econometric studies [15] it is less applicable to biomass data because of limitations to application in a multiplicative structure [19].
The creators of reality shows have come to prefer the term "unscripted," but as the genre has developed both terms have come to be less applicable.
He said the nature of work was changing irrevocably, and Australia must embrace a future in which old conceptions of traditional working hours, and full-time permanent jobs, was less applicable.
It is less applicable to another ancient and theologically more common approach summed up in the 11th- and 12th-century theologian Saint Anselm of Canterbury's (and, in a somewhat different wording, Saint Augustine of Hippo's) classic phrase, credo ut intelligam, "I believe in order that I may understand".
Moreover, the presented results may be less applicable to women since the cohort was dominated by male individuals.
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