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inapt

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in⋅apt

  [in-apt]
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–adjective
1. not apt or fitting.
2. without aptitude or capacity.
Origin:
1735–45; in- 3 + apt

Related forms:
in⋅apt⋅ly, adverb
in⋅apt⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. unsuited, unsuitable, inappropriate, unfit, inapposite. 2. incapable, clumsy, awkward.

Antonyms:
1. appropriate. 2. capable.
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in·apt   (ĭn-āpt')   
adj.  

  1. Inappropriate: an inapt remark.

  2. Inept: inapt handling of the project.

in·apt'ly adv., in·apt'ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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