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  • 21inapt — a. 1. Unfit, unsuitable, unapt. See inapposite. 2. Unapt, dull, slow, stupid, stolid, clumsy …

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  • 22inapt — adjective See inappropriate …

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  • 23inapt — adj 1. unsuited, unsuitable, unfitting, unfit, inappropriate, unapt, out of place; inapposite, inapplicable, impertinent, unrelated, nonrelated; inconsistent, incongruent, incongruous, out of keeping, alien, foreign. 2. inept, incapable,… …

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  • 24inapt — in·apt …

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  • 25inapt — in•apt [[t]ɪnˈæpt[/t]] adj. 1) not apt or fitting 2) without aptitude or capacity • Etymology: 1735–45 in•apt′ly, adv. in•apt′ness, n …

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  • 26inapt — /ɪnˈæpt/ (say in apt) adjective 1. not apt or fitted. 2. without aptitude or capacity. {in 3 + apt; cf. inept} –inaptly, adverb –inaptness, noun …

  • 27inapt — adj. 1 not apt or suitable. 2 unskilful. Derivatives: inaptitude n. inaptly adv. inaptness n …

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  • 28paint — inapt …

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  • 29inept — inapt, inept These two words are often confused because they overlap in their basic meanings ‘inappropriate, unsuitable’ and ‘unskilful’. Inapt tends to mean rather the first of these, and applies only to actions and circumstances, whereas inept… …

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  • 30Inaptly — Inapt In*apt , a. [Pref. in not + apt: cf. F. inapte. Cf. {Inept}.] Unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept. {In*apt ly}, adv. {In*apt ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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