inapt

[ in-apt ]

adjective

1. not apt or fitting.

   Synonyms: unsuited, inapposite, unfit, inappropriate, unsuitable

   Antonyms: appropriate

2. without aptitude or capacity.

   Synonyms: awkward, clumsy, incapable

   Antonyms: capable

inapt

/ ɪnˈæpt /

adjective

1. not apt or fitting; inappropriate
2. lacking skill; inept

Derived Forms

• inˈaptly, adverb
• inˈaptiˌtude, noun

Other Words From

• in·aptly adverb
• in·aptness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of inapt¹

First recorded in 1735–45; in- ³ + apt

Example Sentences

Everybody on TV seemed to like it, but I found it ... not exactly inappropriate, but inapt.

From The Daily Beast

Nor did we find this description at all inapt as we drove over its excellent roads during the fine July weather.

From Project Gutenberg

He is known by an offensive and inapt title—the green-tailed towhee.

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This unique naval structure was promptly nicknamed "a cheese-box on a raft," and the designation was not at all inapt.

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Hurrying to the spot I met with a little adventure which it may not be inapt to relate.

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But this latter comparison, as I have shown, was curiously inapt if intended to cover the whole direction of the enterprise.

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