Meaning & use
Inapt
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Not suitable or appropriate for a particular purpose or occasion.
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His flippant joke was inapt given the somber mood of the meeting.
Critics called the comparison inapt, arguing the two cases had little in common.
A note on using this word
Inapt is often confused with 'inept'; inapt describes something ill-suited to a situation, while inept describes a person lacking skill.
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