Thesaurus / inapposite
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They are not content to tell you that this or that inapposite event has taken place.
AMERICAN SKETCHESCHARLES WHIBLEYIt depends for its effect, not upon ornament, which perforce appears trivial and inapposite, but upon its mass.
AMERICAN SKETCHESCHARLES WHIBLEYThis speech of Aeneas, though not inapposite, is rather didactic—a fault which always remained a danger to Euripides.
THE RHESUS OF EURIPEDESEURIPEDESHe stood before his bookshelves trying to select a volume, rejecting one after another as inapposite.
HUNTINGTOWERJOHN BUCHANThis lesson is, perhaps, not inapposite for a nation already proud in arms but new in history.
CANADA IN FLANDERS, VOLUME II (OF 3)LORD MAX AITKEN BEAVERBROOKIn addition, the functional act is inapposite, sometimes even harmful; it may be described as a parasite function.
TICS AND THEIR TREATMENTHENRY MEIGNEAs for Jenny Trewhella, madness would have to help the signature of such an inapposite conjunction.
CARNIVALCOMPTON MACKENZIEThey are names mostly associated with the early annals of Montreal, and seem rather inapposite here.
TORONTO OF OLDHENRY SCADDINGWhy, I was almost tempted to join in the general merriment his inapposite reply elicited.
THE OLD SOLDIERS STORYJAMES WHITCOMB RILEYAnd any two lines, no matter how inapposite, can174 be æsthetically related by other lines properly placed.
MODERN PAINTING, ITS TENDENCY AND MEANINGWILLARD HUNTINGTON WRIGHTWORDS RELATED TO INAPPOSITE
- extraneous
- foreign
- garbage
- immaterial
- impertinent
- inapplicable
- inapposite
- inappropriate
- inappurtenant
- inapropos
- inapt
- inconsequent
- inconsequential
- insignificant
- not connected with
- not germane
- not pertaining to
- off the point
- off the topic
- out of order
- out of place
- outside
- pointless
- remote
- trivial
- unapt
- unconnected
- unimportant
- unnecessary
- unrelated
- without reference
- abnormal
- at odds
- awkward
- bad form
- discordant
- discrepant
- erroneous
- false
- ill-advised
- ill-timed
- imprudent
- inaccurate
- inadmissible
- inadvisable
- inapplicable
- inapposite
- inappropriate
- inapt
- incongruous
- incorrect
- inept
- inexpedient
- infelicitous
- inharmonious
- inopportune
- irregular
- ludicrous
- malapropos
- odd
- off base
- out of place
- out-of-season
- preposterous
- unbecoming
- unbefitting
- uncalled-for
- uncomely
- undue
- unfit
- unfitting
- unseasonable
- unseemly
- unsuitable
- unsuited
- untimely
- unwarranted
- wrong
- abnormal
- at odds
- awkward
- bad form
- discordant
- discrepant
- erroneous
- false
- ill-advised
- ill-timed
- immodest
- imprudent
- inaccurate
- inadmissible
- inadvisable
- inapplicable
- inapposite
- inappropriate
- inapt
- incongruous
- incorrect
- indecent
- indecorous
- indelicate
- inept
- inexpedient
- infelicitous
- inharmonious
- inopportune
- irregular
- ludicrous
- malapropos
- naughty
- odd
- off base
- out of line
- out of place
- out-of-season
- preposterous
- unapt
- unbecoming
- uncalled-for
- uncomely
- undue
- unfit
- unfitting
- unseasonable
- unseemly
- unsuitable
- unsuited
- untimely
- untoward
- unwarranted
- wrong
- clashing
- disagreeable
- discordant
- discrepant
- disparate
- disproportionate
- dissident
- dissonant
- ill-suited
- improper
- inadequate
- inadmissible
- inapposite
- inapt
- incompatible
- incongruous
- inconsistent
- ineligible
- infelicitous
- inharmonious
- interfering
- irrelevant
- jarring
- malapropos
- out of character
- out of keeping
- out of place
- senseless
- unacceptable
- unbecoming
- unbefitting
- uncalled-for
- undue
- unfit
- unfitting
- unmatched
- unseasonable
- unseemly
- unsuited
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