inapposite
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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
The consensus might be right, but its logic makes the insurance model increasingly inapposite.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 27, 2017
The old-fashioned formal heroic couplet, with rhyme, in which the following 202 passage appears translated, is not inapposite to the artificial cast and style of the original.
From French Classics by William Cleaver Wilkinson
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