inapt

Everybody on TV seemed to like it, but I found it ... not exactly inappropriate, but inapt.
Obama’s State of the Union Was Strong on Substance, Weak on Poetry|Michael Tomasky|January 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Strangely enough his name (which was tied to his halter) was 'Ora Pro Nobis,' a not inapt cognomen for a padré's horse.
With The Immortal Seventh Division|E. J. Kennedy and the Lord Bishop of Winchester
The tender poetry in sky or sea gave these relentless merchantmen (if the term be not inapt) a most glaring oddity.
An Ambitious Woman|Edgar Fawcett
Nor did we find this description at all inapt as we drove over its excellent roads during the fine July weather.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy

The title Alone strikes me, on reflection, as rather an inapt one for this volume.
Alone|Norman Douglas
By inapt comparison between the old University and the potentialities of the new Press, his contempt for the former grew.
August Strindberg, the Spirit of Revolt|L. (Lizzy) Lind-af-Hageby

British Dictionary definitions for inapt

inapt

/ (ɪnˈæpt) /

adjective

not apt or fitting; inappropriate

lacking skill; inept

Derived forms of inapt

inaptitude or inaptness, nouninaptly, adverb

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