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Definition of "inapposite" [in•ap•po•site]

  • Not pertinent; unsuitable. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "inapposite" in a sentence
  • "The latter is dubbed, with a propensity for the pinpoint inapposite that racing shares primarily with Prince Philip, the Filly Factor."
  • "Kurt Weill constructed "Bilbao Song" for his 1929 musical comedy "Happy End" out of two distinct, inapposite melodies: a fast, choppy foxtrot and a slow, romantic quasi-bolero."
  • "The post in fact barely more than a largely inapposite display of reflexive hostility (but not anti-semitism! happy?) that fails to engage barely at all with what LW says except to excerpt a few questionable quotes out of context."