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improper
Not in accordance with the truth, fact, or rule; wrong; incorrect
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  1. Not in accordance with the truth, fact, or rule; wrong; incorrect
  2. Not suitable for or consistent with the purpose or circumstances; poorly adapted; unfit
  3. Not in keeping with conventional mores; indecorous:
inappropriate
Not appropriate; not suitable, fitting, or proper
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  1. Not appropriate; not suitable, fitting, or proper
  2. Unsuitable or improper.
incongruous
Not in agreement, as with principles; inconsistent:
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  1. Not in agreement, as with principles; inconsistent:
  2. Lacking in harmony; incompatible:
  3. Not in keeping with what is correct, proper, or logical; inappropriate:
inept
Lacking or showing a lack of skill or competence; bungling or clumsy:
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  1. Lacking or showing a lack of skill or competence; bungling or clumsy:
  2. Showing a lack of judgment, sense, or reason; inappropriate or foolish:
  3. Not suitable to the purpose; unfit
malapropos
At an awkward or improper time or place; inopportune; inappropriate
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  1. At an awkward or improper time or place; inopportune; inappropriate
unapt
Not likely or liable.
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  1. Not likely or liable.
  2. Not suitable or appropriate.
  3. Not apt, inappropriate, unsuited.
unbecoming
Not in keeping with the expected standards of one's position.
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  1. Not in keeping with the expected standards of one's position.
  2. Not appropriate or suited to one's appearance, status, character, etc.; unattractive, indecorous, etc.
  3. Not flattering, attractive or appropriate.
unbefitting
Not befitting; not appropriate to.
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  1. Not befitting; not appropriate to.
unfit
Below the required standard; unqualified:
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  1. Below the required standard; unqualified:
  2. Not meant or adapted for a given purpose; inappropriate:
  3. (Biology) Unable to survive or produce viable offspring in a particular environment.
unseemly
Not suited to the circumstances; inappropriate:
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  1. Not suited to the circumstances; inappropriate:
  2. Not in accord with accepted standards of decency or morality.
  3. Not seemly; not decent or proper; unbecoming; indecorous
unsuitable
Not appropriate:
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  1. Not appropriate:
  2. Not suitable; unfit; inappropriate.
ill-suited
Not suited or appropriate
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  1. Not suited or appropriate
  2. Unsuitable, unfit or inappropriate for some purpose
inappropriate
Not appropriate; not suitable, fitting, or proper
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  1. Not appropriate; not suitable, fitting, or proper
  2. Unsuitable or improper.
unfit
Not meant or adapted for a given purpose; inappropriate:
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  1. Not meant or adapted for a given purpose; inappropriate:
  2. (Biology) Unable to survive or produce viable offspring in a particular environment.
  3. Below the required standard; unqualified:
unsuitable
Not appropriate:
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  1. Not appropriate:
  2. Not suitable; unfit; inappropriate.
unsuited
Not compatible; mismatched
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  1. Not compatible; mismatched
  2. Not wearing a suit.
  3. Not suited for a specific purpose
incapable
Lacking the necessary ability, capacity, or power:
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  1. Lacking the necessary ability, capacity, or power:
  2. Not capable
  3. Unable to perform adequately; incompetent:
incompetent
Lacking sufficient mental ability or awareness:
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  1. Lacking sufficient mental ability or awareness:
  2. Without adequate ability, knowledge, fitness, etc.; failing to meet requirements; incapable; unskillful
  3. Lacking qualities necessary for effective conduct or action:
inefficient
Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workers; an inefficient administrator.
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  1. Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workers; an inefficient administrator.
  2. Lacking the necessary ability; unskilled; incompetent
  3. Lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; incompetent:
inept
Lacking or showing a lack of skill or competence; bungling or clumsy:
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  1. Lacking or showing a lack of skill or competence; bungling or clumsy:
  2. Showing a lack of judgment, sense, or reason; inappropriate or foolish:
  3. Inefficient
inexpert
Not expert; unskilled.
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  1. Not expert; unskilled.
unskilled
Exhibiting a lack of skill; inexpert:
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  1. Exhibiting a lack of skill; inexpert:
  2. Requiring no training or skill:
  3. Of a made object: inexpertly made or showing a lack of skill.
unskillful
Not skillful; having little or no skill or dexterity; awkward
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  1. Not skillful; having little or no skill or dexterity; awkward
  2. (Obsolete) Ignorant.
  3. Unskilled; inexpert.
Find another word for inapt. In this page you can discover 29 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for inapt, like: improper, inappropriate, incongruous, inept, malapropos, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, unfit, unseemly and unsuitable.

Sentence Examples

  • Her defense was weak and inapt but she attained her object.

  • He had already assisted Nathaniel Bowditch in his translation of the Mecanique celeste, and now produced a series of mathematical textbooks characterized by the brevity and terseness which made his teaching unattractive to inapt pupils.

  • If we accept the - Persian derivation of the term (which is advanced by Curzon as being perhaps the most plausible), pai-mir, or "the foot of mountain peaks," we have a definition which is by no means an inapt illustration of the actual facts of configuration.

  • The tram lay on it like a log. *** A poor smile, you say - But not inapt.

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