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Definition of Inapposite
1. Adjective. Of an inappropriate or misapplied nature.
Definition of Inapposite
1. a. Not apposite; not fit or suitable; not pertinent.
Definition of Inapposite
1. Adjective. inappropriate, not suitable for the situation ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inapposite
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inapposite
Literary usage of Inapposite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1891)
"inapposite, л. I. Irrelevant, inapplicable, impertinent, non-pertinent, out of
place, ... See inapposite. 2. Unapt, dull, slow, stupid, stolid, clumsy. ..."
2. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"To the experienced instructor, the particulars which he has been accustomed to
have in view on the occasion of which the technical and inapposite language ..."
3. The Exchequer Reports: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, John Innes Clark Hare, Horace Binney Wallace (1849)
"... and if the 10th section allows the 1848. order to be pleaded in inapposite
terms, the same direction must be followed as to that required by the second; ..."
4. Rationale of Judicial Evidence, Specially Applied to English Practice by Jeremy Bentham (1827)
"The inapposite- ness,—the effect,—will present itself much more promptly than
the insanity, the cause: and the effect will have been perceived in many a ..."
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