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inapposite

[in-ap-uh-zit] / ɪnˈæp ə zɪt /












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Mr. Sabet thinks the analogy is inapposite: “Alcohol has been a central part of Western civilization since before the Old Testament. It’s been used by the vast majority of those in the West.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

But the equivalence is grossly inapposite for another reason, which is perhaps even more fundamental.

From Salon Nov. 19, 2022

But of course when that happens, states will rejoin that the court also dismissed disparate impact as inapposite.

From Seattle Times Jul. 2, 2021

So, the subtitle of Grant Wacker’s 2014 book, “America’s Pastor: Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation, ” is inapposite.

From Washington Post Feb. 21, 2018

It depends for its effect, not upon ornament, which perforce appears trivial and inapposite, but upon its mass.

From American Sketches 1908 by Charles Whibley




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