inapposite
Example Sentences
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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
That left a noticeably exasperated court to rely on outdated and inapposite studies provided by the government.
From Slate • Sep. 22, 2016
"I wonder you don't wear spectacles," was the result of his meditation, and it made her laugh by being so inapposite to her own reflections: but the laugh ended in a melancholy look.
From The Daisy chain, or Aspirations by Yonge, Charlotte Mary