inapposite
Americanadjective
adjective
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- inappositely adverb
- inappositeness noun
Etymology
Origin of inapposite
Example Sentences
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But the equivalence is grossly inapposite for another reason, which is perhaps even more fundamental.
From Salon
The line of cases that led to Roe, and led from it to other rights, is “inapposite,” Alito wrote primly.
From Washington Post
Now, however, we can expect at least some courts to discourage relying on courts to pursue social justice by misapplying inapposite laws.
From Washington Post
But of course when that happens, states will rejoin that the court also dismissed disparate impact as inapposite.
From Seattle Times
This type of verbal infelicity underscores the limitations of automatic, computerized word and spelling-check mechanisms, whereby a word or words can slip through undetected, regardless of the context of usage, however inapposite.
From Washington Post
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