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Synonyms for inapt


Grammar : Adj
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Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈæpt

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Définition of inapt

Origin :
  • 1744, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + apt. Related: Inaptly; inaptness.
  • adj incompetent; not suitable
Example sentences :
  • Its name is a rather indefinite, but not inapt characterization.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion, Volume 1 » by John Charles Dent
  • Especially were I and my sister Eliza inapt in this particular.
  • Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass
  • My fellow servants were neither indifferent, dull, nor inapt.
  • Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass
  • The sentences were too long, the metaphors violent and inapt.
  • Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8 » by Various
  • He is known by an offensive and inapt title—the green-tailed towhee.
  • Extract from : « Birds of the Rockies » by Leander Sylvester Keyser
  • I will question her; or since you fear I may put some inapt question to her, do so yourself.
  • Extract from : « The Mesmerist's Victim » by Alexandre Dumas
  • The colony is as unpromising, as the colonists are inapt to improve it.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 399, January 1849 » by Various
  • Andromache offers a not inapt illustration to these remarks.
  • Extract from : « Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2) » by John Addington Symonds
  • The title Alone strikes me, on reflection, as rather an inapt one for this volume.
  • Extract from : « Alone » by Norman Douglas
  • She acted languidly, her enunciation was imperfect, her gestures were forced and inapt.
  • Extract from : « Berenice » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

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