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INAPTER
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | improper, unsuitable |
| Synonyms: | awkward, clumsy, discreditable, gauche, ill-suited, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, inept, maladroit, malapropos, offensive, rough, salacious, tacky*, tasteless, unattractive, unbefitting, uncomely, undue, unfair, unfit, unfitting, unflattering, ungodly, unhandsome, unlovely, unseasonable, unseemly, unsightly, unsuited, untimely, untoward, unworthy |
| Antonyms: | acceptable, becoming, fitting, proper, seemly, suitable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unseemly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | improper; in bad taste |
| Synonyms: | cheap, coarse, crude, discreditable, disreputable, in poor taste, inappropriate, inapt, incorrect, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, inelegant, inept, malapropos, malodorous, out of keeping, out of place, poor, raffish, rough, rowdy, rude, ruffian, tawdry, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, undignified, ungodly, unrefined, unsuitable, untoward, vulgar, wrong |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, due, fitting, proper, seemly, suited |
| Main Entry: | unsuitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not proper, inappropriate |
| Synonyms: | clashing, disagreeable, discordant, discrepant, disparate, disproportionate, dissident, dissonant, ill-suited, improper, inadequate, inadmissible, inapposite, inapt, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, ineligible, infelicitous, inharmonious, interfering, irrelevant, jarring, malapropos, out of character, out of keeping, out of place, senseless, unacceptable, unbecoming, unbefitting, uncalled-for, undue, unfit, unfitting, unmatched, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuited |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, proper, suitable |
| Main Entry: | unskillful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not skilled |
| Synonyms: | amateurish, awkward, clumsy, gauche, inapt, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, maladroit, menial, unartful, unskilled |
| Antonyms: | skillful |
| Main Entry: | wrong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inappropriate, not suitable |
| Synonyms: | amiss, awkward, bad, disproportionate, funny, gauche, ill-advised, improper, inapt, incongruous, incorrect, indecorous, infelicitous, malapropos, misplaced, not done, off-balance, rotten*, unacceptable, unbecoming, unconventional, undesirable, unfit, unfitted, unfitting, unhappy, unsatisfactory, unseemly, unsuitable |
| Antonyms: | acceptable, appropriate, correct, ok, suitable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unsuited |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inappropriate |
| Synonyms: | inapt, incompatible, unfitting, unseemly |
| Antonyms: | suitable |
| Main Entry: | bungling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clumsy |
| Synonyms: | amateurish, awkward, gauche, inapt, inept, inexpert, maladroit, unskillful |
| Antonyms: | expert |
| Main Entry: | incongruent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incongruous |
| Synonyms: | alien, bizarre, conflicting, contradictory, disconsonant, discordant, discrepant, disparate, dissonant, distorted, divergent, extraneous, fantastic, fitful, foreign, illogical, improper, inappropriate, inapropos, inapt, incoherent, incompatible, inconsistent, irreconcilable, irregular, jumbled, lopsided, mismatched, out of keeping, rambling, shifting, twisted, unavailing, unbalanced, unbecoming, unconnected, uncoordinated, uneven, unintelligible, unpredictable, unrelated, unsuitable, unsuited |
| Main Entry: | unapt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | improper |
| Synonyms: | abnormal, at odds, awkward, bad form, discordant, discrepant, erroneous, false, ill-advised, ill-timed, imprudent, inaccurate, inadmissible, inadvisable, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, incorrect, inept, inexpedient, infelicitous, inharmonious, inopportune, irregular, ludicrous, malapropos, odd*, off-base, out of place, out-of-place, out-of-season, preposterous, unbecoming, unbefitting, uncalled-for, uncomely, undue, unfit, unfitting, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, unsuited, untimely, unwarranted, wrong |
| Notes: | inapt is 'not suitable or appropriate' while unapt is 'not likely or inclined' |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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