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inapposite      
[?n'ap?z?t]
¦ adjective out of place; inappropriate.
Derivatives
inappositely adverb
inappositeness noun
inapposite      
a.
1.
Irrelevant, inapplicable, impertinent, non-pertinent, out of place, not to the purpose or point.
2.
Unfit, unsuitable, inappropriate, out of keeping, out of place.
Inapposite      
·adj Not apposite; not fit or suitable; not pertinent.
Examples of use of inapposite
1. You may think it an inapposite metaphor, but they remind me of so many lemmings.
2. So her mare‘s–nest of inapposite words and unclear thoughts cannot be excused as symptoms of Biden‘s Disease, that form of logorrhea that causes victims, such as Sen.
3. But he went on to say that as a result "the very notion of the sovereignty of parliament has become a somewhat inapposite concept". There should be instead a new type of government led by judges and based on human rights law — which was already developing in Britain.
4. In rejecting the administration‘s plans to try a suspected al–Qaeda member named Salim Ahmed Hamdan before a military tribunal, the court majority was emphatic: The administration‘s arguments were "unpersuasive," "inapposite," "unsound." Even if Hamdan was as dangerous as the administration claimed, Justice John Paul Stevens wrote for the majority, "the executive nevertheless must comply with the prevailing rule of law." Justice Stephen Breyer, in a concurring opinion, spoke to the arrogant claims of presidential power made under the rubric of fighting terrorism.