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View synonyms for inapposite
inapposite
[ in-ap-uh-zit ]
inapposite
/ ɪnˈæpəzɪt /
adjective
- not appropriate or pertinent; unsuitable
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Derived Forms
- inˈappositeness, noun
- inˈappositely, adverb
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Other Words From
- in·appo·site·ly adverb
- in·appo·site·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of inapposite1
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Example Sentences
They are not content to tell you that this or that inapposite event has taken place.
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It depends for its effect, not upon ornament, which perforce appears trivial and inapposite, but upon its mass.
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This speech of Aeneas, though not inapposite, is rather didactic—a fault which always remained a danger to Euripides.
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He stood before his bookshelves trying to select a volume, rejecting one after another as inapposite.
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This lesson is, perhaps, not inapposite for a nation already proud in arms but new in history.
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