inapposite
1
9.9
- adjective
- /ˌɪnˈæpəzɪt/
:
inapropiado
- His suggestion was completely inapposite to the discussion about climate change.
- largely inapposite
Examples
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From this perspective, Moore is inapposite.
Academic text (2018) -
Your analogy is clever, but inapposite, in my view.
Blog text (29) -
As the dream disappeared, some inapposite answers to that question emerged, particularly on the left.
Academic text (2011) -
Acting condescending while making an inapposite comment makes you look stupid.
Blog text (15) -
The very paradigm of criminal investigation is largely inapposite in the context of the war on terror.
Academic text (2005) -
Nonetheless, his remarks were highly inapposite, and his sucking up to the feminists was of no avail.
Blog text (14) -
Even that analogy, however, is inapposite; diagnostic X-rays were used and evaluated by a group of learned specialists as tools of their trade.
Academic text (2016) -
The rest of Morrison's examples of the willful blindness of criticism to the presence of "black surrogacy" are simply inapposite.
Academic text (1994) -
Ethel laughs at Richard's remark because it is "so inapposite to her own reflections" (54).
Academic text (2007) -
The analogy drawn in deWit between the pesticide inspector's suspicions and the police inspector's suspicions in People v. Pace 148 is inapposite.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Not suitable for a particular time or purpose
354
3.7
Not right for a situation or event
63
3.5
Feeling uncomfortable because you do not belong in a place or situation
32
4.2
Not related to the subject or situation
20
2.6
Not right for a person, place, or purpose
17
7.5
Not related or needed and coming from outside
14
7.4
Not fitting with the things around it and looking strange
4
7.3
Not related to the topic being discussed
2
6.7
Not relevant or suitable in a particular situation
1
6.3
Not right for the situation and likely to seem awkward
1
7.5
Not suitable and awkward when speaking or acting
1
9.1
Unsuitable for a situation that makes people feel uncomfortable
1
5.6
Not important and safe to leave out
1
9.1
Not a good idea when it is risky or will not work
Not suitable for a person or situation
Antonyms
How Appropriate
962
3.5
172
1.8
20
2.6
354
3.7
1
9.9
355
3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inapposite starts with in- meaning 'not' and ends with apposite, a word related to 'place' or 'position', just like the English word position. So inapposite literally means 'not in the right place', which is why we use it for something 'not suitable' or 'out of place'.