inaptadj.
/ɪnˈapt/ 1. Not adapted to the purpose or occasion; unsuitable, inappropriate, inapposite.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective]
unkinOE
un-i-feieOE
unbecomelyc1200
amissc1325
wrongousa1350
uncovenablec1374
unsitting1390
undue1398
ungainanda1400
unquemea1400
inconvenientc1400
unlikelyc1405
disconvenienta1425
impertinenta1425
discovenablec1436
unmeetc1440
wrongc1440
unjustc1443
unbehovablec1450
inconvenientc1460
uncordial1488
unmeetly1534
unapt1539
unfit1548
incommodious1553
ungreeing1560
impertinent1565
stravagant1565
unproper1566
improper1570
unhovable1570
unapt1579
unbeseeming1583
unsuitablea1586
unappliable1588
unapt1588
unlikely1590
unfittinga1592
unfitted1592
unsuiting1596
unbefitting1598
unsorted1598
unsuited1598
contrary1600
impair1609
unfitty1613
incompetible1621
incongruous1623
infita1626
uncompetiblea1628
inaccommodatea1657
inapplicable1656
inconcinnate1657
inconcinnous1662
inept1675
unaccommodatea1676
incommode1678
indecorous1681
untoward1682
unapplicable1690
insuitable1692
unsuit1704
malapropos1709
inapt1744
out of place1748
uncongenial1788
unfit-like1796
ungain-like1796
inappropriate1804
unadapted1805
dissuitable1807
dissuited1819
ineligible1828
infelicitous1835
unapropos1840
butt-ended1850
malappropriate1851
ungenial1871
misappropriate1878
unbecoming1893
unappropriate1898
unadjusted1899
offside1910
off-key1943
improbable1958
1744 J. Harris Three Treat. iii. i. 142 Others are In-apt, Incongruous, and Disagreeable.
1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 33 436 The occasion rendered this inapt and far-fetched.
1885 Law Times 78 242/1 The words..being altogether inapt to express more than one devolution of title.
2. Not apt; wanting in aptitude or skill; unskilful, awkward.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > awkward or inept
unrekena1325
untoward1557
unfeatya1586
unhappy1651
ungaina1657
unadept1830
jackleg1833
jack-legged1839
inapt1860
inadept1875
unpractical1890
raunchy1937
stumblebum1940
ham1941
1860 Sat. Rev. 9 600/2 Uncouth and inapt to charm the female heart.
1867 D. G. Mitchell Rural Stud. 246 How~ever inapt a man may be at..horticultural pursuits.
1895 Cycl. Rev. Current Hist. (U.S.) 5 820 The well-meant but hopelessly inapt attempt of the powers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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