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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

This verse, translated from my usual prototype, the Cairo edition, is there followed by another, which I omit as being inapposite.

From The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Anonymous




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