inapt
[in-apt]
- not apt or fitting.
- without aptitude or capacity.
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Origin of inapt
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Related Words for inapt
awkward, banal, clumsy, dull, flat, gauche, ill-suited, improper, inappropriate, incongruous, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, insipid, jejune, maladroit, malapropos, slow, stupid, unableExamples from the Web for inapt
Contemporary Examples of inapt
Everybody on TV seemed to like it, but I found it ... not exactly inappropriate, but inapt.
Historical Examples of inapt
Its name is a rather indefinite, but not inapt characterization.
The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion, Volume 1John Charles Dent
Especially were I and my sister Eliza inapt in this particular.
My Bondage and My FreedomFrederick Douglass
My fellow servants were neither indifferent, dull, nor inapt.
My Bondage and My FreedomFrederick Douglass
The sentences were too long, the metaphors violent and inapt.
He is known by an offensive and inapt title—the green-tailed towhee.
Birds of the RockiesLeander Sylvester Keyser
inapt
- not apt or fitting; inappropriate
- lacking skill; inept
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