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inapposite
[ in-ap-uh-zit ]
inapposite
/ ɪnˈæpəzɪt /
adjective
- not appropriate or pertinent; unsuitable
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Derived Forms
- inˈappositely, adverb
- inˈappositeness, noun
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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.
It depends for its effect, not upon ornament, which perforce appears trivial and inapposite, but upon its mass.
This speech of Aeneas, though not inapposite, is rather didactic—a fault which always remained a danger to Euripides.
He stood before his bookshelves trying to select a volume, rejecting one after another as inapposite.
This lesson is, perhaps, not inapposite for a nation already proud in arms but new in history.
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