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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

This type of verbal infelicity underscores the limitations of automatic, computerized word and spelling-check mechanisms, whereby a word or words can slip through undetected, regardless of the context of usage, however inapposite.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2019

They are names mostly associated with the early annals of Montreal, and seem rather inapposite here.

From Toronto of Old by Henry Scadding


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