inapt
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Synonyms
amiss, graceless, improper, inapposite, inappropriate, incongruous, incorrect, indecorous, inept, infelicitous, malapropos, perverse, unapt, unbecoming, unfit, unhappy, unseemly, unsuitable, untoward, wrong
Antonyms
appropriate, becoming, befitting, correct, decorous, felicitous, fit, fitting, genteel, happy, meet, proper, right, seemly, suitable
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Facebook is an especially inapt scapegoat for the besetting uncertainties of our age. — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, "The Scapegoating of Facebook," 20 Nov. 2018 To the few hundred American oddballs who draw funny pictures for a living, there’s never been a more hilariously inapt portrait of a cartoon professional than the one described above, inked by the great B. Kliban late in his career. — Garry Trudeau, New York Times, "The Comic Strip’s Heyday in ‘Cartoon County’," 11 Dec. 2017 Ultimately, Kwok suggests, the Lego comparison may be inapt, partly because parts don’t always fit together well in cells and may integrate into them in unpredictable ways. — Jacob Brogan, Slate Magazine, "What Exactly Is Synthetic Biology?," 3 Apr. 2017 Anyway, improbably enough, my garden box sits right in the center of the yard, like an unburied casket — not an entirely inapt metaphor considering my morbid agricultural past. — Geoff Kirsch, Alaska Dispatch News, "Reflections from an improbable gardener in Juneau," 29 July 2017 It is filled with mayhem, but avoids grisly violence — at least until the finale pulls out some gory, and not inapt, punch lines. — Glenn Kenny, New York Times, "Review: Brie Larson as a Gangster Wrangler in ‘Free Fire’," 20 Apr. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'inapt.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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