inapt
Americanadjective
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not apt or fitting.
- Synonyms:
- inapposite, unfit, inappropriate, unsuitable, unsuited
- Antonyms:
- appropriate
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without aptitude or capacity.
- Antonyms:
- capable
adjective
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not apt or fitting; inappropriate
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lacking skill; inept
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Origin of inapt
Example Sentences
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Inapt names for diseases can have real-world implications.
From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2022
And in my newly invented category of Most Inapt Title, I put forward “Funny Girl.”
From New York Times • May 18, 2022
Inapt, in-apt′, adj. not apt: unfit, or unqualified.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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