inapt
Example Sentences
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This renders Mr. Bacon’s subtitle inapt: “The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald” has been told and retold by authors and bards.
After all, it’s a movie for which too much cleanup may be inapt.
From New York Times
However inapt as drama, and however much real estate they steal from the development of a richer plot, such songs serve an important function, like the witty prose of the novel.
From New York Times
The last might be a slightly inapt choice, given that it comes sometime after Manson’s feelings on the negative effects of the “human highlight reel of social media.”
From New York Times
But “stunned” is inapt to describe the alert, engaged crowds at the Supreme Court the day before.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.