当たらない

あたらない【当たらない】

1 〔適当でない〕 be inappropriate [unsuitable]; be unfair [unjustifiable]; be inapplicable; not apply. [⇒あたる 14]

●彼が脱税常習者であるという非難は当たらない. The criticism of him as a(n) habitual tax evader is unfair [unjustified, unjustifiable].

2 〔必要ない〕 needn't do; don't have to do.

●こわがるには当たらない. There's no need (for you) to be afraid. | You needn't [Don't] be frightened.

・そうするには当たらない. There's no need for that. | There's no need (for you) to do that. | That's not necessary.

・恥ずかしがるには当たらない. There's no need (for you) to blush. | You needn't blush.

・何も心配するには当たらない. There's no need (for you) to worry. | You needn't worry.

・彼は断ってきたが, それも驚くに当たらない. He refused, and small [no] wonder. | It's hardly surprising that he refused.

3 〔相当しない･合致しない〕 be not equivalent; be not; be not applicable [does not apply].

●彼のやったことは詐欺罪には当たらない. What he did is not (equivalent to) fraud [the crime of fraud].