inappositeadj.
/ɪnˈapəzɪt/ Not apposite, not to the point, out of place; impertinent.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [adjective] > irrelevant
foreigna1393
unpertinentc1400
impertinentc1450
peregrine1532
far-fet1533
exorbitant1534
unrelevant1558
stravagant1565
fremd1581
unappliable1588
misapplied1596
immaterial1598
far-fetched1607
misdevoted1623
unappertaining1645
irrelativea1657
inapposite1661
unconcerned1683
scandalous1750
uncentral1782
irrelevant1786
tangent1787
inappertinent1814
unappropriate1818
tangential1867
1661 K. W. Confused Characters 117 Another sort..fill up their sermon with..a heaped congeries of impertinent and inapposite Scriptures.
1670 W. Simpson Hydrol. Ess. 130 He supposed my Answer to be inapposite only to that point afore-noted.
1808 H. More Cœlebs in Search of Wife I. xvii. 236 I..forbore telling her how totally inapposite her application was.
1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe IV. vii. 526 A name..inapposite to our purpose.
1862 F. Hall tr. N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. 260 In one respect, that illustration is inapposite.
Derivatives
inˈappositely adv. in an inapposite manner, unsuitably, impertinently.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [adverb] > irrelevantly
impertinentlyc1449
unhanginglyc1449
unpertinentlyc1449
vagrantly1547
unconsequently1565
inappositelya1652
unappositely1680
inconsequentially1754
irrelevantly1818
inconsequently1864
out1989
a1652 I. Jones Most Notable Antiq. called Stone-Heng (1655) 8 It may not inappositely be observ'd.
1823 ‘G. Smith’ Not Paul, but Jesus 69 Under the name so inappositely represented at present by the English word deacon.
1884 Law Times 77 307/1 An Act of Parliament inappositely described..as the ‘Settled Land Act 1882’.
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