inapt
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++in·apt /ɪnˈæpt/ adjective formal WRONG/UNSUITABLEan inapt phrase, statement etc is not right for a particular situation 〔措辞、陈述等〕不恰当的，不适宜的 → inept a very inapt comment 很不恰当的评论 —inaptly adverb —inaptness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
inapt• In this respect, the oft-quoted cathedral metaphor is not inapt.• Both the barrister, and this court, accept with hindsight that his intervention was perhaps inapt or unfortunate.• Yet it is not altogether inapt that the Hymn of Riego became the anthem of liberalism.in·apt adjectiveChineseSyllable
inapt not etc right an a particular statement for is Corpus phrase,
inapt
in‧apt /ɪnˈæpt/
adjective formal
an inapt phrase, statement etc is not right for a particular situation ⇨ inept:
a very inapt comment
—inaptly adverb
—inaptness noun [uncountable]
in‧apt /ɪnˈæpt/
adjective formalan inapt phrase, statement etc is not right for a particular situation ⇨ inept:
—inaptly adverb
—inaptness noun [uncountable]