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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
inapt
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Both the barrister, and this court, accept with hindsight that his intervention was perhaps inapt or unfortunate.
▪ In this respect, the oft-quoted cathedral metaphor is not inapt.
▪ Yet it is not altogether inapt that the Hymn of Riego became the anthem of liberalism.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inapt

Inapt \In*apt"\, a. [Pref. in- not + apt: cf. F. inapte. Cf. Inept.] Unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept. -- In*apt"ly, adv. -- In*apt"ness, n.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
inapt

1744, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + apt. Related: Inaptly; inaptness.

Wiktionary
inapt

a. unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept.

WordNet
inapt

adj. not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?" [syn: awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inept, ill-chosen]

Usage examples of "inapt".

It was an almost cruelly inapt inspiration—the church was about to be destroyed.

It was an almost cruelly inapt inspiration-the church was about to be destroyed.