inapt
Example Sentences
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This renders Mr. Bacon’s subtitle inapt: “The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald” has been told and retold by authors and bards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
That’s a dated but not altogether inapt reference.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2022
Her vacant voice and immobile expression augment the surprise effect of her inapt citations.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2020
Using credit scores to determine immigration status is especially inapt because a significant factor in a credit score is the number of years a consumer has had and has used credit in the United States.
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2018
It means "terrible lizard" and was a curiously inapt name.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
